1941.6: Siege of the Bastille
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1941.6
- People
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Bertrand Andrieu, French (Bordeaux, France 1763 - 1822 Paris, France)
- Title
- Siege of the Bastille
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medallion
- Date
- 1789 or after
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230308
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White metal with brown patina
- Technique
- Relief
- Dimensions
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8.6 cm diam. x 0.5 cm depth (3 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
68.55 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in relief, l.l.: ANDRIEU F.
- inscription: upper edge, cast in, French: SIEGE DE LA BASTILLE
- inscription: l.r., cast in: NO. [1?]
- inscription: lower edge, cast in: PRISE PAR LES CITOYENS DE / LA VILLE DE PARIS / LE 14 JUIN 1789
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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John Hubbard Sturgis Eaton, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1941.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Hubbard Sturgis Eaton
- Accession Year
- 1941
- Object Number
- 1941.6
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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