Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 7 20-21 May 2013
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Armand Jean DuPlessis (1585-1642), Cardinal and Duke of Richelieu.
Cast medal 1630, opus: Jean Warin (1607-1672). AE (g 122,5; mm 76,5). ARMANDVS IOANNES CARD(INALIS) DVX DE RICHELIEV, profile bust turned to the right, cap and stole buttoned on the front with a short neck. Rv. TANDEM VICTA SEQVOR, France represented under the traits of a woman dressed in old-style holding a sword in his right hand and a palm tree in her left sitting in a chariot drawn by four horses, front Fame with trumpet from which hangs a banner with the arms of Richelieu, in flight over the Fortuna crowning with laurel France, in exergue: J WARIN 1630. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon 97; Jones II, 182-183; Mazerolle-Warin 7.
Extremely fine original cast, suspension hole.
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Cast medal 1630, opus: Jean Warin (1607-1672). AE (g 122,5; mm 76,5). ARMANDVS IOANNES CARD(INALIS) DVX DE RICHELIEV, profile bust turned to the right, cap and stole buttoned on the front with a short neck. Rv. TANDEM VICTA SEQVOR, France represented under the traits of a woman dressed in old-style holding a sword in his right hand and a palm tree in her left sitting in a chariot drawn by four horses, front Fame with trumpet from which hangs a banner with the arms of Richelieu, in flight over the Fortuna crowning with laurel France, in exergue: J WARIN 1630. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon 97; Jones II, 182-183; Mazerolle-Warin 7.
Extremely fine original cast, suspension hole.
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