Silver portrait medal of Marie de’ Medici, crowned, hair braided into a knot, wearing a high an…

Silver medal of Marie de’ Medici as Juno, breasts bare, with crown and scepter (topped with a f…

Marie de’ Medici (1575–1642; Queen Consort of France 1600–10; Queen Regent of France 1610–14)

Pierre Regnier (French, ca. 1577–after 1640)

Datedated 1613

MediumSilver, struck

DimensionsDiam.: 2 1/16 in. (5.27 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016

Accession number2016.2.32

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Unless otherwise noted, the dimensions indicate the medal’s diameter taken at the widest point.

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Antoine Brucher

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