1903.39: Henry II of France (1519-1559)
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1903.39
- People
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Unidentified Artist
Manufactured by Georges Liard Sr., French (active 1895-1913)
- Title
- Henry II of France (1519-1559)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- c. 1902
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231962
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Technique
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Henricus II Galliar[um] Rex Christianiss[imus] P[ater] P[atriae] 1559 [=Henry II, most Christian king of France, father of his country]
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
- 1903.39
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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
Verification Level
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