2002.66.5: Hugo Grünthal (b. 1869)
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.66.5
- People
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Georges Morin, German (Berlin 1874 - 1950)
- Title
- Hugo Grünthal (b. 1869)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- 1929
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Berlin
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/147091
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
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5.4 cm diam. (2 1/8 in.)
61.45 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: incised at p.r. shoulder on obv., "MORIN"
- inscription: obverse: HUGO GRÜNTHAL; AET · LX · ; *22.III.1869
- inscription: reverse: [above design:] ROB · BALL / NCHF · ; [lower perimeter:] MÜNZENHANDLUNG · BERLIN
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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David N. Silich, St. Moritz, Switzerland, gift; to Harvard University Art Museum, 2002.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess in memory of Dr. Leo Mildenberg
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.66.5
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Relief portrait bust of bearded man facing left in jacket and tie;
Reverse: In relief, a hand holding a medal with a portrait of a man facing right, in Renaissance style, with text around edge including the word, "MARCHIO" above
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