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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1908.5
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
In honor of 50th Anniversary of Doctorate of Heinrich Brunn
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1893
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232034

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
183.96 g, 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: tan Argei melpous Hran
  • inscription: reverse: HENRICO / EQVITI DE BRVNN / PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTORI / ITERVM
    A CIƆ IƆ CCC LXXXXIII / HONORIS CAUSA / AMERICANI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Professor A. A. Howard.
Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1908.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor A. A. Howard
Accession Year
1908
Object Number
1908.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Christof Boehringer, "Eine seltene Medaille zu Ehren des Archäologen Heinrich von Brunn", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte (2019/2020), 69/70, pp. 433-445, pp. 438, 441

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