Jules Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1644
People: Jean Warin, French (Liege, Belgium 1604 - 1672 Paris, France)
Title: Jules Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661)
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: 1660
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/189494

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

5.2 cm diam. x 0.4 cm depth (2 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
50.88 g

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: obverse, around perimeter: IVLIVS · CARDINALIS · MAZARINVS
inscription: 1660, reverse, around perimeter: ET · NVTVM · FATA · SEQVVNTVR 1660 [=the fates obey his glance]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1644

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Mazarin in right profile; reverse: eye over a landscape

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