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France, César, Duc de Vendôme (1594-1665), uniface oval bronze plaquette, c. 1650, believed by Jean Darmand (called l'Orphelin), armoured bust of Vendôme r., with lion shoulder-plate, hair long and wearing sash, 63.5 x 49.5mm. (cf. Maz. 783; T.N. I, 67, 4, both the round medal by Jean Darmand), handsome and well-cast, good very fine with pleasant patination
César de Vendôme was the illegitimate son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées. An arch-enemy of Cardinal de Richelieu and with no fondness for his half-brother Louis XIII, he had participated in the aristocratic revolts of 1614, 1616, and 1620. In 1640 he fled to England after being accused of plotting to poison Richelieu and could only return on the accession of Louis XIV in 1643.
Jean Darmand or d'Armand, also called L'Orphelin, was a talented engraver, though mostly employed on coinage. His circular medal of César, duc de Vendôme, as admiral, 1650, with its very similar portrait, is signed, LORFELIN F.
(150-200 GBP)
César de Vendôme was the illegitimate son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées. An arch-enemy of Cardinal de Richelieu and with no fondness for his half-brother Louis XIII, he had participated in the aristocratic revolts of 1614, 1616, and 1620. In 1640 he fled to England after being accused of plotting to poison Richelieu and could only return on the accession of Louis XIV in 1643.
Jean Darmand or d'Armand, also called L'Orphelin, was a talented engraver, though mostly employed on coinage. His circular medal of César, duc de Vendôme, as admiral, 1650, with its very similar portrait, is signed, LORFELIN F.
(150-200 GBP)