medal

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Object Type: medal
Museum number: 1906,1103.783
Description: Struck Copper alloy medal. (whole); The sculptor Jean Goujon standing on the left holding a mallet, the architect Pierre Lescot seated in the centre holding compasses and a ruler, and the painter Nicolas Poussin standing on the right holding apalette and brushes and ; in the background, Lescot's façade in the courtyard of the Louvre. (obverse); A cartouche in front of a laurel bush with roots. (reverse)
Producer name: Designed by: Louis-Maximilian Bourgeois; Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine: Louis-Maximilian Bourgeois; Made by: Monnaie de Paris
Production date: 1885
Production place: Made in: Paris (France)
Materials: copper alloy
Technique: struck
Dimensions: Diameter: 72.000 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Catalogue Général 3 / La Troisième République (p. 65, A) (as 'Aux Artistes Français')
Location: Not on display
Subjects: draughtsman/painter; sculptor/medallist; architect; arts and sciences; museum/gallery
Associated names: Portrait of: Pierre Lescot; Portrait of: Jean Goujon; Portrait of: Nicolas Poussin
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Louvre
Acquisition name: Donated by: Dr Frederick Parkes Weber
Acquisition date: 1906
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1906,1103.783

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