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1966.131.5.a

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Louis XIV

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Artists

Jean Duvivier (Liege, 1687 - 1761); Jean Mauger (Dieppe, 1648 - 1722)

Title

Louis XIV

Creation Date

ca. 1702

Century

18th century

Dimensions

1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.5.a

Object Description

Jean Mauger/Jean Duvivier (See biog. after no. 282), 263 LOUIS XIV, Raising of the Siege of Guise (1650)

Obv. Head to right. Around, LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISS . ; below, I . MAVGER . F .
Rev. Male figure (War), standing over weapons and armor, hands laurel wreath to female figure (France). Around, HISPANORUM COMMEATU INTERCEPTO . ; lower right, D . V . ; in exergue, GUSIA LIBERATA | I . JULII M . DC . L .
Bronze, 41 mm.

From the first Uniform Series of the Histoire Metallique of Louis XIV.

Bibl.: Forrer i, p. 684 (rev.); Jacquiot, no. 257 (obverse is similar) ; Louis XIV, p. 31.