Definizione

• Gardant.  A side view portrait of a subject looking back over a shoulder to show a face to the viewer. A medal of the Columbian Exposition shows Columbus in such a gardant pose. The term comes from heraldry, where it is usually said of an animal. Compare regardamt.  See heraldry.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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