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Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
Pierre Petit (French, 1832–1909)
French
1821
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 51 mm (2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Malcolm Storer
Accession Number30.71
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721-1794), a French statesman.
Obverse: Profile bust of Lamoignon de Malesherbes looking to proper left; inscribed at edge, on bust, and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed in lily wreath.
Obverse: Profile bust of Lamoignon de Malesherbes looking to proper left; inscribed at edge, on bust, and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed in lily wreath.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "C.C.LAMOIGNON DE MALESHERBES", on bust "PETIT F.", and under bust "DE PUYMAURIN D.".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "NE/LE.VI.DECEMBRE/EN M.D.CC.XXI/MORT/LE XXII AVRIL/EN M.D.CCXCIV./GALERIE DE LA FIDELITÉ./---/1821".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "NE/LE.VI.DECEMBRE/EN M.D.CC.XXI/MORT/LE XXII AVRIL/EN M.D.CCXCIV./GALERIE DE LA FIDELITÉ./---/1821".
ProvenanceBy 1930, Malcolm Storer; 1930, given by Malcolm Storer to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 6, 1930)