Obv: Three depictions of St. Francis in prayer over a reclining figure / BLESSED ARE THEY WHO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER HOLINESS / © PIETRO Rev: St. Francis with a leper / WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR LET ME BRING HOPE / [monogram PM] Edge: THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS 55TH ISSUE - MAY 1957 PIETRO MONTANA...
Provenance
Collection of Katharine Lane Weems; to MFA November 1989.
Credit Line
Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems
1957
- Designed by Pietro Montana, 1890–1978
- Struck by Medallic Art Company, 1900–1990
- Distributed by Society of Medalists, founded in 1930
Mint
New York, New York, United States
Catalogue Raisonné
SOM Issue 55
Accession Number
1989.532
Medium or Technique
Patinated bronze