Francesco de'Medici

Guillaume Dupré French, 1576-1643

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About the Artwork

Francesco de'Medici

1613

Guillaume Dupré

1576-1643

French

Unknown

Bronze

Overall: 1/4 × 3 13/16 inches (0.6 × 9.7 cm)

Medals

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Founders Society Purchase, Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund

82.2

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Signed and dated, on front, below right arm: G D P 1613

Inscribed, on front, around edge of medal, in raised letters: D. PRINCEPS FRANCISCVS MEDICES

Marks, on circular blue label, on rear: # 404

Provenance

von Parpart collection, no 386. Eugene Lucien Meunie, no. 578. (Alain Moatti)

1982-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Mazerolle, F. Les Medailleurs Français du XVe Siècle au milieu du XVIIe, 3 vols. Paris, 1902-1904, 2: no. 673.

Thieme, U. and F. Becker. Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler, 27 vols. Leipzig, 1907-1950.

Jones, M. Guillaume Dupre, The Medal special issue. 1986, p. 36-37 (pl. 32-33).

Jones, M., A Catalogue of French Medals in the British Museum, II, 1600-1672. London, 1988, p. 85-86, no. 43

Vannel, F. and G Toderi. Medaglie e Placchete del Museo Bardini di Firenze. Florence, 1998, p. 124, no. 143.

Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Boström, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2002, II, cat. 204.

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Guillaume Dupré, Francesco de'Medici, 1613, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund, 82.2.

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