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Catherine de’ Medici (1519–1589), Queen of France (1547–1559)

Catherine de’ Medici (1519–1589), Queen of France (1547–1559)

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Guillaume Martin

Artist
Guillaume Martin
(French, active before 1558 - ca. 1590)
Title
Catherine de’ Medici (1519–1589), Queen of France (1547–1559)
Date
designed ca. 1565; Paris Mint restrike post-1830
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diam: 2 1/8 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
Accession No.
1974.193
Classification
Medals
Geography
France

Related

In or after 1947, possibly purchased in France* by Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 23 October 1974, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. *The preface for the 1978 Catalogue of The Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals states that the core of this collection was purchased in France in 1947, but the object file contains no records specific to the purchase of this work.

  • Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 236

  • Beyond Likeness: Mapping the Self: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/19/2016–4/3/2016

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