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Source Description
This portrait medallion, carved in flat relief, is of a type that looks back to the format of Roman coins and was popular in the Renaissance in France, in the environment of the royal court, as well as in Italy. the hat is a French style from the decades around 1500 and the man here portrayed could be, for example, a diplomat or a scholar, in any case someone who would appreciate the use of a format validated by reference to Roman antiquity. There is a slight chip at the man's nostril, and restoration along the left edge, about one half inch above the collar and extending upward about one inch. The restoration has either fallen out or been removed.
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Document identity
localId
26323
label
Profile Portrait of a Frenchman
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
26323
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Profile Portrait of a Frenchman
description
This portrait medallion, carved in flat relief, is of a type that looks back to the format of Roman coins and was popular in the Renaissance in France, in the environment of the royal court, as well as in Italy. the hat is a French style from the decades around 1500 and the man here portrayed could be, for example, a diplomat or a scholar, in any case someone who would appreciate the use of a format validated by reference to Roman antiquity. There is a slight chip at the man's nostril, and restoration along the left edge, about one half inch above the collar and extending upward about one inch. The restoration has either fallen out or been removed.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1495-1510 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
medallions (medals)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
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med
marble
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
2418
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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