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Electronic Auction 483

Lot nuber 766

temp. HANOVER. Sir Joshua Reynolds, painter. 1723-1792. Æ Medal (57mm, 101.27 g, 12h). Art Union of London. By A. J. Stothard. Dated 1845.


Electronic Auction 483
Lot: 766.
 Estimated: $ 150

British Medals, Bronze

Sold For $ 110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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temp. HANOVER. Sir Joshua Reynolds, painter. 1723-1792. Æ Medal (57mm, 101.27 g, 12h). Art Union of London. By A. J. Stothard. Dated 1845. Bare head left; pallet and brushes below, REYNOLDS downward to right / ART UNION OF LONDON, detail from his painting The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle; 1845 below. BHM 2207; Eimer 1399. Brown surfaces light marks. EF.

Knighted by King George III in 1769, Sir Joshua Roberts was a celebrated painter known for promoting the "Grand Style," in which the imperfect was idealized. The founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, one of his more famous paintings was The Infant Hercules, commissioned by Yekaterina II Velikaya (Catherine II 'the Great'), and draws upon classical motifs on coins such as Kroton and Thebes featuring the Herakliskos Drakonopnigon.

Closing Date and Time: 6 January 2021 at 14:15:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.