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Identification and Creation

Object Number
B22
People
Alois Stanger, German (Munich, Germany 1836 - 1870 Munich, Germany)
K. Friedrich Ph. von Martius (1794 - 1868)
Title
Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Carolo Friderico Philippo de Martivs
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1864
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305096

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
sight: 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: A. STANGER F
  • inscription: obverse, Latin: CAR. FR. PH. MARTIUS / A. STANGER F
  • inscription: reverse, Latin: VIRO / IN BOTANICA PRINCIPI / STUDIO FIDE CONSILIO / SIBI PROBATISSIMO / ACADEMIA R. BOICA / D. LVB. MERITO / TERTIO KALEND. APRIL / MDCCCLXIIII
    [top:] CANDIDE ET FORTITER
    [bottom:] RERUM COGNOSCERE CAVSAS
  • (not assigned): Signature should be "A. STANGER. F." not "A. STANGER F"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Jane Loving Gray, Gray Herbarium

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Jane Loving Gray, Gray Herbarium
Object Number
B22
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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