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- Artist
- Unknown (French)
- Title
- Henry II, King of France (r. 1547-1559)
- Date
- probably a 17th-century restitution
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- diam: 3 3/8 in. overall
- Credit
- Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
- Accession No.
- 1977.1467
- Classification
- Medals
- Geography
- France
Related
After 1947, sold by numismatist, Mark M. Salton (New York, NY), to Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 1976, deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1 January 1982, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 164
- Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. I: p. 248, I: no.3
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