2002.66.19: Musées Nationaux

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2002.66.19

People

Ovide Yencesse, French (Dijon 1869 - 1947)

Title

Musées Nationaux

Classification

Medals and Medallions

Work Type

medal

Date

1910

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/147255

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

170.67 g, 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: "Ovide Yencess" incised on right; verso "O. Yencesse" below plaque

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David N. Silich, Gift to Harvard University Art Museum, 5.

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

2002.66.19

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse: Classical female draped figure with arm outstretched and holding a 2-handled cup in the other with temple in background and amphoras and jars to left and small gothic(?) building; "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE/ MUSEES NATIONAUX"
Reverse: Around border in caps: "AUX GENEREUX DONATEURS LA REPUBLIQUE RECONNAISSANTE"; olive (?) branches forming a diamond surrounding a raised plaque incscribed, "EXEMPLAIRE/DE COLLECTION' in centre

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