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Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain

Mounted Traveller [reverse], 1727

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 13A

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.36 cm (2 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 7.62 gr (0.017 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Karl Lunde

Accession Number

1994.81.2.b

Artists / Makers

Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain (medalist) French, 1658 - 1738

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Inscription

around top circumference: PROVIDENTIA.PRINCIPIS (The prince's beneficence); in exergue: VIAE.MVNITAE. / MDCCXXVII (The roads maintained, 1727)

Provenance

Karl Lunde [1931-2009], New York; gift 1994 to NGA.

Associated Names

Lunde, Karl, Professor

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 670, repro.

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