Object details

Object number

M27e50

Creator(s)

Emil Fuchs (Vienna, 1866 - 1929, New York)

Title

Hispanic Society of America Membership Medal

Date

1906

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Signed and dated (obverse): E. F. / 1906
Signed (reverse): E. FUCHS
Stamped on outer edge at bottom: BRONZE

Provenance

Gift from Archer M. Huntington (1870–1955) to Isabella Stewart Gardner around 1911.

Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

Bibliography

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, accessed 2013. www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/175414/Hispanic_Society_of_America_Membership_Medal
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 16-17, fig. 4.
Nathaniel Silver, "Isabella and the Hispanic Society," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 13 October 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-hispanic-society 

Gallery

Long Gallery

Case

Presidents And Statesmen Case

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