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Medal - Constant de Silvecane
  • Constant de Silvecane
    Warin, Claude, born 1607 - died 1654
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Constant de Silvecane

  • Object:

    Medal

  • Place of origin:

    Lyon, France (made)

  • Date:

    1647 (made)
    1647 (dated)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Warin, Claude, born 1607 - died 1654 (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Struck silver medal, background stippled, reverse incuse.

  • Museum number:

    A.12-2002

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This uniface silver portrait medal depicts the Constant de Silvecane, who was the President of the Cour des Monnaies in Lyon, and President of Parlement. It is made by Claude Warin in France in ca. 1647. The reverse of the medal shows design in incuse in perfect detail.

Physical description

Uniface, circular, medal - of Constant de Silvecane, signed and dated 1647 below the truncation. The reverse shows design in incuse in perfect detail.

Place of Origin

Lyon, France (made)

Date

1647 (made)
1647 (dated)

Artist/maker

Warin, Claude, born 1607 - died 1654 (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Struck silver medal, background stippled, reverse incuse.

Marks and inscriptions

'C. WARIN 1647'

Dimensions

Diameter: 7.55 cm

Object history note

Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, 2002.

Descriptive line

Medal, silver, uniface, portrait of Constant de Silvecane, by Claude Warin, France, dated 1647

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Williamson, Paul, ‘Recent Acquisitions (2000-06) of sculpture at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London’, in: The Burlington Magazine, CXLVIII, December, 2006, p. 891, fig IX

Subjects depicted

Constant de Silvecane

Categories

Portraits; Coins & Medals

Collection code

SCP

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