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Eugène Süe
French or Belgian
1848
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 55 mm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss A. C. Storer
Accession Number23.50
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Eugène Süe (1804-1857). Inscribed on edge "SA PLUME FOUDROIE L'HYDRE QUI BRAVA ROME ET LES ROIS".
Obverse: Beaded rim; profile bust of Eugène Süe looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "LES LIBERAUX BELGES A EUGÈNE SÜE" and under bust "HART JANV.1848".
Reverse: Lightning bolts and a feather at center; inscribed at edge "BULLE/DE/CLEMENT XIV/1773/ÉDIT/DE/LOUIS XV/1764/ÉDIT/DE/MARIE-THERÈSE/1773/LE JUIF ERRANT/1844/*".
Obverse: Beaded rim; profile bust of Eugène Süe looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "LES LIBERAUX BELGES A EUGÈNE SÜE" and under bust "HART JANV.1848".
Reverse: Lightning bolts and a feather at center; inscribed at edge "BULLE/DE/CLEMENT XIV/1773/ÉDIT/DE/LOUIS XV/1764/ÉDIT/DE/MARIE-THERÈSE/1773/LE JUIF ERRANT/1844/*".
InscriptionsInscribed on edge "SA PLUME FOUDROIE L'HYDRE QUI BRAVA ROME ET LES ROIS".
Obverse: Inscribed at edge "LES LIBERAUX BELGES A EUGÈNE SÜE" and under bust "HART JANV.1848".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "BULLE/DE/CLEMENT XIV/1773/ÉDIT/DE/LOUIS XV/1764/ÉDIT/DE/MARIE-THERÈSE/1773/LE JUIF ERRANT/1844/*".
Obverse: Inscribed at edge "LES LIBERAUX BELGES A EUGÈNE SÜE" and under bust "HART JANV.1848".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "BULLE/DE/CLEMENT XIV/1773/ÉDIT/DE/LOUIS XV/1764/ÉDIT/DE/MARIE-THERÈSE/1773/LE JUIF ERRANT/1844/*".
ProvenanceBy 1923, Mrs. A. C. Storer; 1923, gift of Mrs. A. C. Storer to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 4, 1923)