1957.67: St. Francis of Assisi
Medals and Medallions
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1957.67
- People
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Pietro Montana, American (Glen Cove, NY)
- Title
- St. Francis of Assisi
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- 1957
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/228496
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 194.11 g, 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: reverse, lower center: Pietro Montana
- inscription: Obverse: Where there is despair let me bring hope. PM [in monogram, lower center]. Reverse: Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after holiness. Around edge: The Society of Medalists 55th Issue-May 1957-Pietro Montana sc.-Medallic Art Co., NY bronze.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Society of Medalists; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Society of Medalists
- Accession Year
- 1957
- Object Number
- 1957.67
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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