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Nicolas Chevalier

1694-05-19 - 1720-05-19

Medium

striking (metalworking)

Dimensions

d 4cm × w 26.44g

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

silver (metal)

Object Type

history medal

Production Place

Netherlands

Acquisition Method

gift

Acquired

1885

Notes

diameter 4 cm x weight 26.44 gr

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.