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Claude Joseph Vernet
Pierre Petit (French, 1832–1909)
French
1826
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 42 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number30.724
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), a French painter.
Obverse: Profile bust of Claude Joseph Vernet looking to proper left; inscribed at edge and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed at edge and in wreath.
Obverse: Profile bust of Claude Joseph Vernet looking to proper left; inscribed at edge and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed at edge and in wreath.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "JOPH VERNET NE A AVIGNON" and under bust "PETIT F"..
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "JOSEPH VERNET.HORACE VERNET. CE NOM SEUL ILLUSTRERAIT TROIS VILLES." and in wreath "GALERIE VERNET/VOTÉE EN ÉTABLIE/AU MUSÉUM CALVET/PAR LE/CONSEIL MUNICIPAL/DE LA BONNE VILLE D'AVIGNON/LE 18 MARS 1826./---/LE BON. DE MONTFAUCON/MAIRE.".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "JOSEPH VERNET.HORACE VERNET. CE NOM SEUL ILLUSTRERAIT TROIS VILLES." and in wreath "GALERIE VERNET/VOTÉE EN ÉTABLIE/AU MUSÉUM CALVET/PAR LE/CONSEIL MUNICIPAL/DE LA BONNE VILLE D'AVIGNON/LE 18 MARS 1826./---/LE BON. DE MONTFAUCON/MAIRE.".
Provenance1930, bought by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 16, 1930)