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This is a photograph of a coin or medallion with engravings of cherubs or putti figures holding a crown and a bishop's mitre amidst clouds. Latin inscriptions "SANCTUS CAROLUS" and "PRÆCÆSOR" are seen around the edge. The background seems to depict a cityscape or fortified area.
National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
Allegorical Scene [reverse]
Jan Roettiers
- Date
- c. 1661
- Medium
- silver
- Dimensions
- overall (diameter): 5.84 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 84.08 gr (0.185 lb.) axis: 12:00
- Classification
- Sculpture · Medal/Medallion
- Accession number
- 1985.49.1.b
- Credit line
- Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
- Time span
- 1651 to 1700
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Baroque
- British
- government
- allegory
Provenance
(World Art Medals, Philadelphia);[1] purchased 7 November 1985 by NGA. [1] The medal was purchased "on a recent trip to England" according to a letter from Robert M. Levin of World Art Medals. The letter notified NGA that it was the high bidder on Lot 21 (another example of the same medal) in World Art Medals' sale of 27 September 1985, and offered the medal purchased in England as a substitution. This was the medal purchased by NGA.
Inscription
around circumference: SANCTI.CAROLI.PRAECVRSOR
NGA object ID 66232. 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.