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Hortense de Beauharnais

P. G. Lienard (French)
French
after 1806

Medium/Technique Metal; gilt metal, glass, and repoussé
Dimensions Diameter and weight: 48 mm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Louisa W. and Miss Marian R. Case in memory of their father, James Brown Case
Accession Number20.536
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismaticsMedals

DescriptionCircular medal of Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837), queen of Holland, from the "Médaillier Genéral des Hommes Illustres Célèbres ou Fameux Anciens et Modernes". Hanging ring at top.

Obverse: Encased in glass, profile bust of Hortense looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "HORTENSE EUGENIE REINE DE HOLLANDE".

Reverse: Inscribed "MÉDAILLIER/GENÉRAL/DES HOMMES ILLUSTRES/CÉLÈBRES OU FAMEUX/ANCIENS ET MODERNES/COMMENCÉ EN 1801/PAR P.G. LIENARD/A PARIS.".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "HORTENSE EUGENIE REINE DE HOLLANDE".

Reverse: Inscribed "MÉDAILLIER/GENÉRAL/DES HOMMES ILLUSTRES/CÉLÈBRES OU FAMEUX/ANCIENS ET MODERNES/COMMENCÉ EN 1801/PAR P.G. LIENARD/A PARIS.".
ProvenanceLouisa W. Case (1862-1946) and Marian R. Case (1864-1944), Weston; 1920, gift of Misses Louisa W. and Marian R. Case to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 20, 1920)