John, 2nd Duke of Montagu
Medal
1751 (dated)
1751 (dated)
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This medal depicting the portrait of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu, is made by the Anglo-Swiss Jacques Antoine Dassier, in 1751.
The Duke as philantropist is honoured in the subject of the reverse. "The Good Samaritan" was a popular piece of iconography in the mid-18th century, a notable example of its use being in Hogarth's painting for St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Dassier (1715-1759) was a medallist and engraver. The eldest son of Jean [John] Dassier. He studied in Paris and Rome before working as assistant engraver at the Royal Mint in London from 1741 to 1745. He later worked at Geneva and from 1756 at the St Petersburg Mint. Besides many individually commissioned medals, in the 1740s he produced a series of famous Englishmen, including Sir Hans Sloane (bronze, 1744; see Hawkins, Franks and Grueber, ii, no. 234), and contributed to his father's Roman series.
The Duke as philantropist is honoured in the subject of the reverse. "The Good Samaritan" was a popular piece of iconography in the mid-18th century, a notable example of its use being in Hogarth's painting for St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Dassier (1715-1759) was a medallist and engraver. The eldest son of Jean [John] Dassier. He studied in Paris and Rome before working as assistant engraver at the Royal Mint in London from 1741 to 1745. He later worked at Geneva and from 1756 at the St Petersburg Mint. Besides many individually commissioned medals, in the 1740s he produced a series of famous Englishmen, including Sir Hans Sloane (bronze, 1744; see Hawkins, Franks and Grueber, ii, no. 234), and contributed to his father's Roman series.
Object details
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| Title | John, 2nd Duke of Montagu (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Medal, bronze, John, 2nd Duke of Montagu, by Jacques Antoine Dassier, Swiss, 1751 |
| Physical description | Obverse: The Duke, bareheaded, faces left. He wears a breastplate and pauldron. He wears the Order of the Garter. Inscribed. Signed. Reverse: The scene of the Good Samaritan tending the wounded man at the wayside. Inscribed. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Christopher Eimer, London, in 1984, for £90. |
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| Summary | This medal depicting the portrait of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu, is made by the Anglo-Swiss Jacques Antoine Dassier, in 1751. The Duke as philantropist is honoured in the subject of the reverse. "The Good Samaritan" was a popular piece of iconography in the mid-18th century, a notable example of its use being in Hogarth's painting for St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Dassier (1715-1759) was a medallist and engraver. The eldest son of Jean [John] Dassier. He studied in Paris and Rome before working as assistant engraver at the Royal Mint in London from 1741 to 1745. He later worked at Geneva and from 1756 at the St Petersburg Mint. Besides many individually commissioned medals, in the 1740s he produced a series of famous Englishmen, including Sir Hans Sloane (bronze, 1744; see Hawkins, Franks and Grueber, ii, no. 234), and contributed to his father's Roman series. |
| Bibliographic reference | Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, I, London, 1904, pp. 510-512 |
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| Accession number | A.26-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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