Gian Lorenzo Bernini
The medal was ordered by Louis XIV to honor Bernini on his seventy-sixth birthday.
Artwork Details
- Title: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Artist: Medalist: François Chéron (French, Lunéville 1635–1698 Paris)
- Date: 1674
- Culture: French
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
- Classification: Medals and Plaquettes
- Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Ogden Mills, by exchange, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.108
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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