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Louis XV
Benjamin Duvivier (French, 1730–1819)
French
1784
Object Place: `
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 42 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Malcolm Storer
Accession Number30.70
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionCircular medal of Louis XV.
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis XV looking to proper right; inscribed at edge and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed at center.
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis XV looking to proper right; inscribed at edge and under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed at center.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LUD·XV·REX CHRISTIANISS." and under bust "B. DUVIVIER F.".
Reverse: "AD/XII.PUERORUM/ET/XII.PUELLARUM/GRATUIT EDUCATIONEM/HOSPITIUM/A NIC.BEAUJON/REG·CONS·FUNDAT/MDCCLXXXIV".
Reverse: "AD/XII.PUERORUM/ET/XII.PUELLARUM/GRATUIT EDUCATIONEM/HOSPITIUM/A NIC.BEAUJON/REG·CONS·FUNDAT/MDCCLXXXIV".
ProvenanceBy 1930, Malcolm Storer; 1930, given by Malcolm Storer to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 6, 1930)