Design for a Medal: Minerva Crowning a Bust of Louis XV

A circular red chalk design for a medal shows a helmeted, spear-bearing figure, identified by the record as Minerva, reaching to crown a bust of a king on a fluted column. Lettering around the rim reads LUDOVICO XV REGI CHRISTIANISSIMO, with a flame visible at the base.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1740

Medium

Red chalk on white paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2880 × 2876 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum