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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.83
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Renatus, King of Jerusalem and Sicily
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Profile Head of an Old Man
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
17th-19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228799

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
8.2 cm diam. (3 1/4 in.)
221.61 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: RENATVS DEI GRACIA IHERVSALEM ET SICILE REX E CETERA
  • inscription: obverse, ink or paint?, handwritten: LXI 44

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Leopold Blumka, Gift to Wadsworth Athenaeum. Blumka gave these to the Athenaeum as fakes
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT, Gift of Leopold Blumka, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles C. Cunningham
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.83
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Profile portrait of a man. Reverse is blank.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

Verification Level

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