Framed medallion

Claude Michel, called Clodion (French, 1738–1814)

Pierre II Germain (French, 1703–1783)

1776

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver frame, gold

DimensionsOverall: 12.6 x 10.6 x 11.9 cm, 6.5 oz. (4 15/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 11/16 in., 0.41 lb.)

Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection

Accession number1993.448

On View

On view

ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

Inscriptionssigned MICHELProvenance1907, Joseph Bardac, Paris. 1922, Alphonse Kann (b. 1870 - d. 1948), St. Germain-en-Laye, France. 1960, Richard Peñard y Fernandez; December 7, 1960, Peñard y Fernandez sale, Paris, lot 203, probably to Jacques Helft, Paris, for 15,000 fr.; January 1961, sold by Helft to S. J. Phillips, London; February 7, 1962, sold by Phillips to Elizabeth Parke (Mrs. Harvey S., Jr.) Firestone (b. 1897 - d. 1990), Newport, RI; 1993; gift of the estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)