About the Artwork
Marie de Medici, Queen of France (1573-1642)
17th century
Guillaume Dupré
1576-1643
French
Unknown
Cast bronze
Overall: 4 5/16 × 4 × 7/16 inches (11 × 10.2 × 1.1 cm)
Medals
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Michael Hall in memory of Dr. William R. Valentiner.
79.43
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, under arm: G DVPRE F 1624
Inscribed, on front, around border: Maria Augusta Galliae et Navarae Regina ["Regina" partly obscured by collar]
Provenance
Michael Hall
1979-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Mazerolle, F. Les Medailleurs Français du XVe Siècle au milieu du XVIIe, 3 vols. Paris, 1902-1904, 2: no. 139, no. 696.
Hill, G.F. Renaissance Medals: from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Based on Hill 1931, Revised and enlarged, ed. G. Pollard. London, 1967, no. 568.
Jones, M., A Catalogue of French Medals in the British Museum, II, 1600-1672. London, 1988, p. 99, no. 59.
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. 206.
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Guillaume Dupré, Marie de Medici, Queen of France (1573-1642), 17th century, cast bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Michael Hall in memory of Dr. William R. Valentiner., 79.43.
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