Object details
Accession number
M27e50
Primary Creator
Emil Fuchs
(Vienna, 1866 - 1929, New York)
Full title
Hispanic Society of America Membership Medal
Creation Date
1906
Object Case
Presidents And Statesmen Case
Provenance
Gift from Archer M. Huntington (1870–1955) to Isabella Stewart Gardner around 1911.
Marks
Signed and dated (obverse): E. F. / 1906
Signed (reverse): E. FUCHS
Stamped on outer edge at bottom: BRONZE
Dimensions
7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Display Media
Silver
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
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.
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