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Filippo Cropanese

Allegory of Religion [reverse], 1788

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 67.56 gr (0.149 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1997.114.5.b

Artists / Makers

Filippo Cropanese (medalist) Roman, active 1756 - 1773

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Inscription

around circumference: NON.DESIDERIIS.HOMINVM.SED.VOLVNTATE.DEI (Not by the desires of man but by the will of God); in exergue: AN.MDCCLXXXVIII

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1997 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 862, repro.

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