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Struck AE Portrait Medal: Vincent de Paul

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

ca. 1821.

Reference:

Accession number: 00009M, 1974-008 X PIC

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2850737

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Maison Platt Collection

Struck AE Portrait Medal: Vincent de Paul
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1821.

Place:

France:

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 040.09 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

Language of material:

French

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A bronze medal commemorating the life and death of the French Saint, Vincent de Paul (1581-1660). He was founder of the Congregation of the Mission, a Roman Catholic religious institute of priests known as the Vicentians or Lazarists, as well as the Daughters or Ladies of Charity, a group of women who collected funds for missionary projects.

The medal is part of a series of medals known as the "Galerie Métallique des Grands Hommes Français," by French Medallist Jaques-Édouard Gatteaux.

The obverse side of the medal displays a bust of St. Vincent de Paul, in profile.

The reverse side of the medal is engraved with a legend noting the place and date of birth of St. Vincent de Paul, as well as his death date.

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Artist: Gatteaux, Jacques-Edouard, 1788-1881

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: VINCENT DE PAUL / E. GATTEAUX., Inscription: reverse: NÉ / A POY / PRÈS DAX / EN M.D.LXXVI. / MORT / EN M.DC.LX. / GALERIE METALLIQUE DES GRANDS HOMMES FRANÇAIS. / 1821., Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

Link to related resource:

http://numismatics.org/collection/1967.225.1552

Container note(s):

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C-076294 : obverse
C-076295 : reverse
Subject heading:

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Portraits

commemoration
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1974-008 MED

Other accession no.:

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00009M
1974-008 X PIC
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[Consultation90 Open]

Medals

[Consultation 90 Open]

1310 Item no. assigned by LAC 9M

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative C-076294--C-076295

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1974-8-9M

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