Medallion with the Portrait of Louis XII, King of France

1499 (Early Modern)

11.5 cm 11.5 cm

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Medallions of King Louis XII after drawings by the painter Jean Perréal are among the finest early French portraits. In 1500 Louis XII and his queen, Anne of Brittany, visited the city of Lyon. To commemorate this honor, the city gave the royal couple a gold portrait medal (wi...

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Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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