medal(no reverse)
- Museum number
- 1894,0602.4
- Description
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Cast bronze medal, pierced, no reverse. (whole)
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Bust of Jean-Antoine de Baïf, right, wearing a doublet and a gown. (obverse)
- Production date
- 1585 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 62.000 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Jones 1
Other examples:
(a) Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale, 58 rue de Richelieu, 75084 Paris, France (BN, Paris), Sér. Icon. Fr. 2069, cast bronze, 63 mm.
(b) BN, Paris, Armand-Valton 1063, cast bronze, 63 mm.
Notes:
Both examples in the Bibliothèque Nationale have been cast from pierced pieces, and then re-pierced.
Jean-Antoine de Baïf, humanist scholar and poet (1532-89). Pupil of Jean Dorat (see registration no. 1925,0310.170), bastard son of the diplomat Lazare de Baïf, friend of Ronsard etc., received a pension from François II, Charles IX and Henri III.
Bibliography:
1. TN Méd. Fr. I pl. 50 no. 8.
2. Armand I, p. 276 no. 4.
3. A. Chabouillet: 'Notice sur une médaille inédite de Ronsart etc' p. 44, from the 'Mém. de la Soc. arch, et hist, de 1'Orléannais' vol. XV.
4. Mazerolle II, no. 306.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1894
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1894,0602.4
- C&M catalogue number
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MF1 (Jones 1) (160) (146)
