Marie-Antoinette, 1755-1793, Queen of France 1774, 1781

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 13A

Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
gross weight: 54.51 gr (0.055 kg)

Credit Line

Gift of Mark Wilchusky in honor of Douglas Lewis and Sir John Pope-Hennessy

Accession Number

1995.49.16

Artists / Makers

Benjamin Duvivier (medalist) French, 1730 - 1819

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: MAR.ANTON.AUSTR.FRANCIAE ET NAVARR.REGINA (Marie Antoinette of Austria, Queen of France and of Navarre); below truncation: DU VIVIER 1781

Provenance

(Paul Bosco, New York); purchased 1994 by Mark Wilchusky, New York;[1] gift 1995 to NGA.

[1] Provenance from curator's acquisition proprosal.

Associated Names

Bosco, Paul
Wilchusky, Mark

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 673, repro.