Medal: Youth Plighting His Troth
medalist
Louis Oscar Roty
(Paris, 1846 - 1911, Paris)
Date1895
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumSilver
Dimensions4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsMedals and Medallions
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27w13
eMuseum ID725002
EmbARK ObjectID12605
TMS Source ID1681
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 249.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 1977), p. 161, no. 205.
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 17-18, fig. 5.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 1977), p. 161, no. 205.
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 17-18, fig. 5.
MarksNotesInscribed (obverse): SEMPER
Signed and dated (obverse): O. Roty 1895
Signed and dated (obverse): O. Roty 1895
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
