Verona, Italy 1515 - Paris vers 1547
François Ier (1494-1547), Roi de France
François I (1494-1547), King of France 1515
probably 1538-1544
bronze
medal and plaquette
Dimensions (HxWxD): diameter: 1 5⁄8 in.
around circumference: F[rancorum] R[ex] INVICTISSIMVS
Acc. No.: 1957.14.1130
Credit Line: Samuel H. Kress Collection
Photo credit: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
© Artist : public domain
© Artist : public domain
Provenance
- Paris, Gustave Dreyfus (1837-1914)
- his estate
- 1930, Purchased by Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York
- 1945, Purchased by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
- 1957, gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Bibliography
- Museum's website, 24 August 2011
- 1967 Hill, Pollard
George Francis Hill, and Graham Pollard. Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art, London, 1967, n. 535 - 2007 Pollard
John Graham Pollard, Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue, 2 vols, Washington, 2007, vol 2, n. 614, repr.