Portrait of Hans Henrik Schou | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.66.35
People: Harald Salomon, Danish (Oslo, Norway 1900 - 1990)
Title: Portrait of Hans Henrik Schou
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: 1935
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Denmark
Culture: Danish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/146854

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

84.81 g, 5.56 cm (2 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: monogram HS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: David N. Silich, Gift to Harvard University Art Museum, 5.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess in memory of Dr. Leo Mildenberg
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: 2002.66.35
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Relief portrait of bearded, balding man facing left; above in relief capitals, "HANS HENRIK SCHOU 19-8-1858 II-7-1932"
Reverse: Seated female figure at table holding an open book in her right hand and holding up a coin in her left; on the table is a vessel with coins spilling out, underneath is a book; behing the figure is a stand with a lamp; in relief capitals, "TILMINDE OM NUMISMATISK FORENINCS 50 AARS JUBILAEUM" and below "27 II-1935

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