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Paus Gregorius XIII

Nicolas Chevalier

1694 - 1720

Medium

striking (metalworking)

Dimensions

d 5.1cm × w 59.83g

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

bronze (metal)

Object Type

history medal

Production Place

Netherlands

Acquisition Method

gift

Acquired

1885

Notes

Gift of J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff

About Nicolas Chevalier

1828–1902 • United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandSwitzerland

Born in May 1828 of a Swiss father and a Russian mother. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres (1976) mentions that Chevalier left Saint Petersburg, Russia, for Lausanne, Switzerland, at the age of 17; Thieme-Becker mentions that from 1845 he was living in Lausanne.