COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Jacques Boiceau (1560-1633), Superintendent of the King's Gardens under Louis XIII, Cast Bronze Medal, 1624, by Abraham Dupré (1604-1647), son of Guillaume, bust right wearing ruff, embroidered doublet and cloak, IACQUES BOICEAV SR DE LA BARRAVDERIE, rev silk moths hovering above a landscape inhabited by silk worms, NATVS. HVMI. POST. OPVS. ASTRA. PETO, beaded border to both sides, 68mm (Jones 72; Maz 712; Kress 572). Extremely fine, a sharp cast.
Estimate: £250-300