William Laud, 1573-1645, Archbishop of Canterbury 1633 [obverse], c. 1661

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 13A

Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.84 cm (2 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 84.08 gr (0.185 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

1985.49.1.a

Artists / Makers

Jan Roettiers (medalist) Flemish, 1631 - 1703

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: GVIL.LAVD.ARCHIEPISC.CANTVAR.X.IAN.1644.

Provenance

(World Art Medals, Philadelphia);[1] purchased 7 November 1985 by NGA.

[1] The medal was purchased "on a recent trip to England" according to a letter from Robert M. Levin of World Art Medals. The letter notified NGA that it was the high bidder on Lot 21 (another example of the same medal) in World Art Medals' sale of 27 September 1985, and offered the medal purchased in England as a substitution. This was the medal purchased by NGA.

Associated Names

World Art Medals

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 785, repro.