Society of Art Lovers

Joseph Dantzell (French, 1805–1877)

1849

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze

DimensionsDiameter and weight: 81 mm (3 3/16 in.)

Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund

Accession number30.713

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ClassificationsNumismatics

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsInscribed on edge "CUIVRE". Obverse: Inscribed at each bust "NICOLAS COVSTOV" at proper right, "PHILIBERT DE LORME" above, "IACQVES STELLA" at proper left, and "GERARD AVDRAN" below, and at edge "DANTZELL DE LYON F.-M DCCC XLIX". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "DANTZELL DE LYON F.-M DCCC XLIX" and at center "SOCIETE/DES AMIS DES ARTS/DE LYON/FONDEE EN M DCCC XXXVI/LA SOCIETE A POVR BVT DE PAVORISER LE PROGRES/DES ARTS A LYONS PAR DES EXPOSITIONS PVBLIQVES/ET PAR DES CONCOVRS INSTITVES DANS L'INTERET/DES MANVFACTVRES LYONNAISES/STATVTS-ART".

Provenance1930, bought by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 16, 1930)