Medal of Marie de Medici, Queen of France | Yale University Art Gallery

1600–1699

On view, 1st floor, Numismatics

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 40.22 g, 12:00, 53.5 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, Maitland F. Griggs, B.A. 1896, Fund
Accession Number: 1960.29.3
Geography: Made in France
Culture: French
Period: 17th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: MARIA D MEDIC REG FRANC E NAV REGTRIX Bust of Maria de Medici, regent of France and Navarre

Reverse Description: VEL VISCERA NVDENT Cock eating grains(seeds of a pomegrante) from ground beneath trees; behind, rising sun at horizon

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1960–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

medals

"MARIA DE MEDIC REG FRANC ET NAVE REGTRIX". On verso "VEL VISCERA NVDENT"

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