Bronze Plaquette from France of La Numismatique / International Numismatic Congress

Artist: Jean Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (French, 1849–1899)

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

55.85 g

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2001.87.27814

Geography
Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LA NUMISMATIQUE nude woman seated at desk examining medal

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: CONGRES INTERNATIONAL / DE NUMISMATIQUE / JUIN 1900 scale with pine branch draped with sash that reads "PARIS," small monogram or symbol at top r.
Provenance

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.
Bibliography
  • Nicolas Maier, French Medallic Art, 1870–1940 (Munich: n.p., 2010), 189, fig. 125
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Additional information

Object/Work type

plaquettes

Inscriptions

BRONZE

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