France 16th century

Anne de Montmorency (1493-1567), Connétable de France en 1538 (face), Prudence, Courage et Fortune (revers)

Anne de Montmorency (1493-1567), Constable of France in 1538 (obverse), Prudence, Courage and Fortune (reverse)

16th century

bronze

medal and plaquette

Dimensions (HxWxD): diameter: 2 ¹⁄₈ in.

obverse:
around circumference: ANNAS MOMMORANCIVS MILITIAE GALLICAE PRAEF[ectus]
reverse:
around circumference: PROVIDENTIA DVCIS FORTISS[imi] A C FOELICISS[imi]

Acc. No.: 1957.14.1148.a, b

Credit Line: Samuel H. Kress Collection

Photo credit: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, The National Gallery of Art

www.nga.gov

Provenance

• Paris, Gustave Dreyfus (1837-1914)
• his estate
• 1930, Purchased by Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York
• 1945, Purchased by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
• 1957, gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington

Bibliography

• Museum's website, 11 August 2011
• 1967 Hill, Pollard
  George Francis Hill, and Graham Pollard. Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art, London, 1967, n. 553
• 2007 Pollard
  John Graham Pollard, Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue, 2 vols, Washington, 2007, vol 2, n. 634, repr.

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