Martin Folkes (1690–1754)

Martin Folkes (1690–1754) by Jacques-Antoine Dassier

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

Diameter: 54 mm

Classification

Medals and Plaquettes

Culture

Swiss

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2003

Accession Number

2003.406.17

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Art Historical Context

This finely crafted bronze medal, titled *Martin Folkes (1690–1754)*, was created in 1740 by the Swissist Jacques-Antoine Dass. Measuring 54 mm in diameter it exemplifies the exquisite plaquettes and medals produced during the Enlightenment era, when such small-scale sculptures served as portable tributes to intellectuals and scholars. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, this piece captures Folkes in a classical profile view—a nod to Roman coinage that revived Renaissance medal traditions. Martin Folkes, a prominent English antiquar...

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