Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 58 27 Apr 2021
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Commemorative Medals, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), painter and President of the Royal Academy of Arts, copper medal, 1845, by A. J. Stothard for the Art Union of London, head l., palette and brush below, rev. detail from Reynolds' painting "The Infant Hercules", plain edge, 58mm. (Beaulah 2; BHM 2207; Eimer 1399), edge knock (2 o'clock), nearly extremely fine
*ex Mrs Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
Thirty medals in silver were allotted in 1845 and distributed 1846. In 1785 Joshua Reynolds, was commissioned by Catherine II of Russia to paint a picture for her on any historical subject. "The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents" was completed the following year. At the time the medal was struck, the painting was in the Imperial Collection at St. Petersburg 'in deplorable condition'. It remains in the Hermitage.
*ex Mrs Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
Thirty medals in silver were allotted in 1845 and distributed 1846. In 1785 Joshua Reynolds, was commissioned by Catherine II of Russia to paint a picture for her on any historical subject. "The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents" was completed the following year. At the time the medal was struck, the painting was in the Imperial Collection at St. Petersburg 'in deplorable condition'. It remains in the Hermitage.