GROLIER EXHIBIT CORRECTIONS Público Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 41, October 7, 2001, Article 4
GROLIER EXHIBIT CORRECTIONS
Your editor begs forgiveness for two typos which crept into
last week's piece about the Grolier Club exhibit and symposium
on "Numismatics in the Age of Grolier" Thanks go to
Peter Gaspar for pointing out the error in the date of the
symposium, which is OCTOBER 27th, 2001. For up-to-date
information, always check the Grolier Club web site at thisaddress: http://www.grolierclub.org/Exhibitions.htm
And of course, George Kolbe "would urge NBS members
to attend. No one will be disappointed."From this week's press release, the speakers will include:
Professor Henri Zerner, Professor of History of Art and
Architecture, Harvard University, moderator.Mr. Luke Syson, Curator of Medals, The British Museum,
London, commentator.Professor John Cunnally, co-curator of the exhibition and
author of Images of the Illustrious, the Numismatic Presence
in the Renaissance (Princeton, 1999).Dr. C. E. Dekesel, author of monographs on Hubert
Goltzius and Charles Patin and the new standard bibliography
of 16th century numismatic books, Bibliotheca Nummaria
(Crestline 1997).Mr. Jean-Baptiste Giard, Conservateur émerité of the Cabinet
des Médailles of the Bibliothèque nationale (Paris), author of
the standard catalogues of the Roman coins in the Bibliothèque
nationale and of the mint of Lyons as well as numerous articles
on the history of numismatics.Dr. Stephen K. Scher, co-curator of the exhibition, former
chairman of the Art Department of Brown University, organizer
of the Frick exhibition and editor of the catalogue The Currency
of Fame, Portrait Medals of the Renaissance (New York,
1994).- 2001-10-07
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