Medal Commemorating Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1916
This bronze medal, titled "Medal Commemorating Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association," was created in 1916 by American artist Robert Tait McKenzie. It has a circular form measuring 7.6 cm (3 inches) in diameter.
The medal depicts a classical male figure in profile, draped in fabric with one foot resting on a raised rock, engaged in reading. To the left, an inscription is arranged across multiple lines reading "MENS FERVIDA IN CORPORE LACERTOSO". To the right, the work bears the artist's monogram signature "R.T.M." and the date 1916. The base below the figure features decorative motifs in relief.
Evidence at a glance
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Historical context
The medal was given to the museum as a gift from the Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Inscribed obverse: Mens fervida in copore lacertoso Signed reverse: R.T.M. [monogram] 1916
- Maker recorded
- Robert Tait McKenzie, American, 1867–1938
- Place recorded
- United States
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Medal Commemorating Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association
- Museum object number
- 1916.267
Catalogue references
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