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1966.131.26.a

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Louis XVI

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Artist

Benjamin Duvivier (1730 - 1819)

Title

Louis XVI

Creation Date

1789

Century

18th century

Dimensions

2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.26.a

Bust to right. Around, LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANCOIS; on truncation, B. DUVIVIER F. ; in exergue, VILLE DE PARIS

Object Description

294 LOUIS XVI, Entry of Louis XVI into Paris 1789

Obv. Same as no. 292
Rev. King, queen and dauphin being led by city tyche of Paris, to the Tuileries palace, where a large crowd waits. Around, J'Y FERAI DESORMAIS MA DEMEURE HABITUELLE; lower right, DUVIV; in exergue, ARRIVEE DU ROI A PARIS | LE 6 . OCT . 1789
Bronze, struck, 53 mm.

A drawing for this medal is published in Arethuse, fasc. 28 (1930), pl. 14.

Bibl.: Forrer i, p. 686; Nocq, no. 242; Medailles Francaises, no. 10, p. 299; Tresor Resolution, pl. 12, 4; Roger Marx, Les Medailleurs Francais depuis 1789, Paris 1897, p. 4.