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Two discs showing a woman in profile and a ship, with lettered borders.

Two bronze discs or coins with small loops coming off the top. The disc on the left is covered in an intricate portrait of a woman in profile. She wears an elaborate layered lace collar, curling hair tied up on her head, and a cross necklace. The disc on the right is filled by an elaborate and dynamic depiction of a ship with billowing sails, a man and two women stand in active poses on the deck. The ship and figures are surrounded by a texture like seafoam, as if the ship is being hit by a wave.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.263
People
Guillaume Dupré, French (Sissonne (Aisne), France c.1574 - 1647)
Title
Marie de Medici (1573-1642)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1615
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226203

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze with brown patina
Dimensions
7.7 x 6.4 x 0.8 cm (3 1/16 x 2 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: MARIA AVG · GALLIAE · ET · NAVARRAE · REGINA
  • inscription: reverse, around perimeter: SERVANDO DEA FACTA DEOS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frederick M. Watkins, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.263
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Integral loop at top for hanging. Obverse: The Queen in right profile with elaborate headdress; reverse: ship with figures including the Queen as Cybele in tall headdress

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 4, pp. 162-163, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 12/31/2024

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