Belgian Medal of Cardinal Mercier and the Resurrection Artist: Jules Prosper Joseph Marie Edmond Legastelois (French, 1855–1931)
Honorand: Cardinal Desiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian, 1851–1926

1918–20

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

139.78 g, 1:00, 67 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Dr. William Gilman Thompson, Ph.B. 1877

Accession Number

2001.87.28037

Geography

Made in Belgium

Culture

Belgian

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Cardinal Mercier faces right (not in profile), wearing clerical garb; beneath him on the medal's edge is the name of the artist; "J.P. LEGASTELOIS." The legend reads: "SON EMINENCE LE CARDINAL MERCIER/ARCque DE MALINES/PRIMAT DE BELGIQUE" "HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL MERCIER/ARCHBISHOP OF MALINES/PRIMATE OF BELGIUM."

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Christ on a cross, wearing the crown of thorns, defended by a lion. Bottom right is the signature of the engraver: "J.P. LEGASTELOIS." Legend is bottom: "RESURRECTION."
Provenance
Dr. WIlliam GIlman Thompson, to about 1928; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., about 1928; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1928–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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