Sovereign: St. George Slaying the Dragon, within the Garter of the Order (reverse)
1817
Benedetto Pistrucci
Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian, 1784–1855)
Medieval Art
Sovereign: St. George Slaying the Dragon, within the Garter of the Order (reverse), 1817. Design by after Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian, 1784–1855). Gold; diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.212.b
- Maker/Artist
- Pistrucci, Benedetto
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: HONI ∙ SOIT ∙ QUI ∙ MAL ∙ Y ∙ PENSE Translation: May he be shamed who thinks badly of it Remark: motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter (founded in 1348)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.212.b
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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