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Christophorus Gluck
Raymond Gayrard (French, 1777–1858)
German or French
1818
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 41 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number24.250
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Christopher Gluck.
Obverse: Profile bust of Christopher Gluck, looking to proper left; inscribed in Latin at edge and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed in Latin at center.
Obverse: Profile bust of Christopher Gluck, looking to proper left; inscribed in Latin at edge and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed in Latin at center.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "CHRISTOPHORUS GLUCK" and under bust "GAYRARD F".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "NATUS/AN.M.DCC.XIV./IN SUPERIORI/PALATINATO GERMANIAE/OBITT/AN.M.DCC.LXXXVII./SERIES NUMISMATICA/UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM./M.DCCC.XVIII./DURAND EDIDIT".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "NATUS/AN.M.DCC.XIV./IN SUPERIORI/PALATINATO GERMANIAE/OBITT/AN.M.DCC.LXXXVII./SERIES NUMISMATICA/UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM./M.DCCC.XVIII./DURAND EDIDIT".
ProvenanceBy 1924, Dudley Leavitt Pickman; 1924, given by Dudley Leavitt Pickman to MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1924)