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This is a photograph of a commemorative medal. The medal features a raised design of an eye within a triangle at the top with rays emanating outward. Directly beneath is an altar with the initials "D.O.M." and smoke ascending to meet the rays. The words "PERSPICIT ET PROTEGIT" are inscribed around the top edge, and at the bottom, the inscription reads "A. SICARIO SERVATUS MAI XV. MDCCC." The medal is a warm bronze color.
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This is a photograph of a commemorative medal. The medal features a raised design of an eye within a triangle at the top with rays emanating outward. Directly beneath is an altar with the initials "D.O.M." and smoke ascending to meet the rays. The words "PERSPICIT ET PROTEGIT" are inscribed around the top edge, and at the bottom, the inscription reads "A. SICARIO SERVATUS MAI XV. MDCCC." The medal is a warm bronze color.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Altar with a Burning Offering [reverse]

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Date
1800
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.78 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Medal/Medallion
Accession number
2007.124.2.b
Credit line
Gift of Ted Dalziel, Jr. in honor of his parents, Mary Morris Dalziel and George T. Dalziel, Col., USAF, Ret.
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baroque
  • German
  • allegory
  • struck
  • Altar
Provenance

Art market (Portobello Road), London; purchased 1960 by Ted Dalziel, Jr.; gift 2007 to NGA.

Inscription

around circumference: PERSPICIT ET PROTEGIT; on the altar: D.O. / M.; in exergue: A SICARIO SERVATUS / MAI.XV.MDCCC.

NGA object ID 138588. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.