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Sainte Gudule
Jules (Paul Louis) Jourdain (Belgian, 1873–1957)
Belgian
1931
Object Place: Europe, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 70 mm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Malcolm Storer
Accession Number32.104
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Saint Gudule. Stamped on edge "FISCH&CIE".
Obverse: Veiled and haloed profile bust looking to proper left, wearing nun's viel and a lantern (or bird in a bird's cage) at proper right; inscribed in Latin at edge and at proper left.
Reverse: Saint Gudula, kneeling before the feet of a crucifix at proper right with a military saint or archangel behind her, wearing a cross mounted crown and holding a shield in his left hand and a lance in his right hand that he is stabbing a demon below who is attacking a book, stamped at proper left; inscribed at proper left.
Obverse: Veiled and haloed profile bust looking to proper left, wearing nun's viel and a lantern (or bird in a bird's cage) at proper right; inscribed in Latin at edge and at proper left.
Reverse: Saint Gudula, kneeling before the feet of a crucifix at proper right with a military saint or archangel behind her, wearing a cross mounted crown and holding a shield in his left hand and a lance in his right hand that he is stabbing a demon below who is attacking a book, stamped at proper left; inscribed at proper left.
Signed
Obverse: Signed.
Reverse: Signed "J. Jourd".
Reverse: Signed "J. Jourd".
Marks
Reverse: "M" and "A" overlapping in a circle.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "SANCTA GUDULA" and at proper left "J.JOURDAIN".
Reverse: Inscribed at proper left "J.JOURDAIN 1931".
Reverse: Inscribed at proper left "J.JOURDAIN 1931".
ProvenanceBy 1932, Malcolm Storer; 1932, gift of Malcolm Storer to MFA. (Accession Date: May 5, 1932)