Hispanic Society of America Membership Medal
medalist
Emil Fuchs
(Vienna, 1866 - 1929, New York)
Date1906
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumSilver
Dimensions7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsMedals and Medallions
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27e50
eMuseum ID721404
EmbARK ObjectID18259
TMS Source ID6267
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.
BibliographyNotesBrooklyn Museum of Art, New York, accessed 2013. www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/175414/Hispanic_Society_of_America_Membership_Medal
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 16-17, fig. 4.
Nathaniel Silver, "Isabella and the Hispanic Society," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 13 October 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-hispanic-society
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 16-17, fig. 4.
Nathaniel Silver, "Isabella and the Hispanic Society," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 13 October 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-hispanic-society
MarksNotesSigned and dated (obverse): E. F. / 1906
Signed (reverse): E. FUCHS
Stamped on outer edge at bottom: BRONZE
Signed (reverse): E. FUCHS
Stamped on outer edge at bottom: BRONZE
ProvenanceNotesGift from Archer M. Huntington (1870–1955) to Isabella Stewart Gardner around 1911.
