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Identification and Creation

Object Number
B28
People
Jean Pierre Droz, Swiss (Le-Chaux-des-Fonds 1746 - 1823 Paris, France)
Olivier de Serres (1539-1619)
Title
Olivier de Serres (1539-1619)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1807
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304866

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Droz F / MDCCVII
  • inscription: obverse: OLIVIER DE SERRES N. EN 1539 M. Jt 1619
    (Olivier de Serres, born in 1539, died in July 1619)
  • inscription: reverse, French: SOCIETE / D'AGRICULTURE / DU DEPARTEMENT / DE LA / SEINE / 1807
  • (not assigned): "OLIVIER DE SERRES/
    N EN 1539 M L Jt. 1619"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift from the Société d'Agriculture, Département de la Seine, 1810, Gray Herbarium

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift from the Société d'Agriculture, Département de la Seine, 1810, Gray Herbarium
Object Number
B28
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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