Accession number
PML 140007, no. 16
Creator
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733, printmaker.
Published
[Amsterdam?], 1718.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Impression of an engraving for an unidentified publication.
Impression of an engraving for an unidentified publication.
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; image: 40 x 115 mm; plate mark: 42 x 117 mm; sheet: 83 x 169 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print showing the obverse and reverse of a medal with Charles IX, king of France, on his throne. At his feet lie the bodies of French Protestants. On the other side the French coat of arms. Medal struck in memory of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, August 24, 1572.
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