Antoine, 1489-1544, Duke of Lorraine and Bar 1508, 1521/1525

Not on View

steel

overall (diameter): 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)
gross weight: 57.37 gr (0.057 kg)

1995.49.5

Jacques Gauvain (medalist) French, active c. 1501 - 1547

around circumference: +.ANTHONIVS.D.G.LOTHOR.ET.BAR.DVX. (Antoine, by the Grace of God, Duke of Lorraine and Barrois)

Art market, Lugano; purchased 1994 by Mark Wilchusky, New York; gift 1995 to NGA.[1]

[1] Provenance from curator's acquisition proposal.

Wilchusky, Mark

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 611, repro.