Henry II of France (1519-1559) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1903.39
People: Unidentified Artist
Manufactured by Georges Liard Sr., French (active 1895-1913)
Title: Henry II of France (1519-1559)
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: c. 1902
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231962

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Henricus II Galliar[um] Rex Christianiss[imus] P[ater] P[atriae] 1559 [=Henry II, most Christian king of France, father of his country]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Georges Liard, Sr., Paris, France, sold; to Horatio Greenough Curtis, Boston, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1903.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Horatio G. Curtis
Accession Year: 1903
Object Number: 1903.39
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Publication History

Fogg Art Museum, Charles Moore, and Horatio Greenough Curtis, Catalogue of Bronze Reproductions of Italian and French Medals of the Renaissance, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, c. 1903), p. 15

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