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Medallion with Portrait of Louis XIV

Medallion with Portrait of Louis XIV

 
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Medallion with Portrait of Louis XIV
Department
European
Category
Baroque
Maker(s)
Perrot, Bernard ((1638-1709)), Maker
Glassworks of Bernard Perrot, Maker
Place Made: 
France, Orleans
Date: 
about 1685-1700
Color
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colorless
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gray
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copper
Technique
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molding
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gilding
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mounting
Material
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brass
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glass
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gold
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 35.5 cm, W: 29 cm, Th: 2.3 cm; Frame H: 38.7 cm
Accession Number: 
99.3.2
Location: 
On Display
Description
Medallion with Portrait of Louis XIV. Molded glass medallion with a bust of the Sun King Louis XIV in profile, facing right. The portrait is gilded on the reverse, and set into a gilded brass frame with fitted with a suspension loop.
Provenance
Anonymous Source
1999-04-07
Anonymous Source
1999-04-07
Anonymous Source
1999-04-07

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Exhibitions

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Publications
1

Publications

Shaping Colour Density, Light and Form in solid Glass Sculpture (2012) illustrated, p. 59, fig 21; BIB# 131009
Glass: A Short History (The British Museum edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 80;
Glass: A Short History (Smithsonian Books edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 80; BIB# 130360
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 3) (2012) pp. 67, 683;
Medallion of Louis XIV (adult) (2011)BIB# 131682
Bernard Perrot 1640-1709 (2010) illustrated, pp. 98-99, fig. 5; BIB# 115618
Glass of the Alchemists (2008) illustrated, pp. 224-225, #63; BIB# 103865
The Gather (2008) illustrated, p. 6;
Glass for the King of Siam: Bernard Perrot's Portrait Plaque of King Louis XIV and Its Trip to Asia (2007) illustrated, pp. 65-69, 76-77 fig. 3 no. 2; BIB# AI74783
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 21; BIB# 96551
European Glass in the Venetian Style 1500-1750 (2004-08) illustrated, p. 74;
Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750 (2004) illustrated, pp. 190-191, no. 15; BIB# 79761
Beyond Venice Glass in Venetian Style, 1450-1750 (2004) illustrated, Inside panel;
Gegossenes' oder 'gepresstes' Glas. Glasrelief mit dem portrait Louis XIV, von Bernardo Perrotto: Bernardo Perrotto, der judische Glasmacher aus Altare, das Geschlecht der Gonzaga und die Glasfiguren aus Orleans und Nevers. (2002) illustrated, p. 43, fig. 070;
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 76; BIB# 68214
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 15, 20, #12; BIB# 65446
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 6-7;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 42 (2000) illustrated, p. 182, fig. 14;
English and Continental Glass and Paperweights (Christie's Sale) (1995-12-18) lot 116;

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