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Numismatics
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Artist: François Augustin Caunois, French, 1787–1859
Honorand: Jean-Baptiste Molière, French, 1622–1673
French Medal for the Molière Monument
1844
Bronze
108.84 g, 1:00, 57.1 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Dr. William Gilman Thompson, Ph.B. 1877
2001.87.27622
Geography:
Made in Belgium
Status:
By appointment
Culture:
Belgian
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Numismatics
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.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
