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| Keywords: Jean de Saint-Priest - Medallion with the Portrait of King Louis XII - Walters 59467 - Side A.jpg This is one of the finest early French portraits In 1500 Louis XII king of France and his queen Anne of Brittany visited the city of Lyon To commemorate this honor the city made a gift to the royal couple of a gold portrait medal with the portrait of Anne on the reverse The little lion at the bottom refers to Lyon while the fleur-de-lys or lily is the emblem of the French king The portrait was designed in anticipation of the visit by the painter Jean Perréal The sculptors Leclerc and Saint-Priest executed the model in exquisite detail and it was then cast by a goldsmith Further casts in gold and bronze were made as gifts 1499 Early Modern bronze with modern gilding cm 11 5 11 5 accession number 59 467 11865 Raoul Heilbronner Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 place of origin Lyon France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Bronze objects with gilding | ||||
