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1966.131.23.a

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Louis XVI and Marie Antionette

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Artist

Benjamin Duvivier (1730 - 1819)

Title

Louis XVI and Marie Antionette

Creation Date

1781

Century

18th century

Dimensions

1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.23.a

Object Description

291 LOUIS XVI (1754-93), King of France, 1774, and MARIE ANTOINETTE, Birth of the Dauphin 1781

Obv. Busts to left, jugate. Around, LUD . XVI . REX CHRISTIANISS : MAR . ANT . AUSTR . REGINA; below, DUVIVIER
Rev. Enthroned figure of France holding up infant. Around, FELICITAS PUBLICA; lower left, D . V . ; in exergue, NATALES DELPHINI | DIE XXII OCTOBRIS | MDCCLXXXI
Bronze, struck, 42 mm.

Bibl.: Forrer i, p. 686; Nocq, no. 207; Medailles Francaises, no. 22, p. 278 (variant in obv. insc).