Henry III of France (1551-1589) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1903.40
People: After Georges Liard Sr., French (active 1895-1913)
After Unidentified Artist
Title: Henry III of France (1551-1589)
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: c. 1902
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231888

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Henricus 3 D[ei] G[ratia] Fran[corum] et Pol[oniae] Rex 1575 [=Henry III by the grace of God king of the French and of Poland.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Georges Liard, Sr., Paris, France, sold; to Horatio Greenough Curtis, Boston, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1903.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Horatio G. Curtis
Accession Year: 1903
Object Number: 1903.40
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Fogg Art Museum, Charles Moore, and Horatio Greenough Curtis, Catalogue of Bronze Reproductions of Italian and French Medals of the Renaissance, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, c. 1903), p. 15-16

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