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Auction 49 5 Oct 2021
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France, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1621-1686), cast bronze medal, 1660, Jean Warin (1606-1672), LVD DVX BORBONIVS PRINCEPS CONDÆVS, armoured bust r., hair long, wearing lace cravat and mantle, rev. NON OMNIS DEXTERA OLVAT, military trophies between two draped palm trees, 81mm. (BMC [Jones], 228; Maz. Warin I, 61; TN III, 5, 5; Clifford 465), a large and handsome medal with a relaxed portrait, extremely fine and rare
*ex Michael Hall Collection, A. H. Baldwin & Sons, auction 64, 4 May 2010 (lot 360).
Louis II de Bourbon, 'The Great Condé', was the son of Henri II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency and grew to be one of France's greatest military leaders, appointed in 1643 to command against the Spanish in northern France. In 1640, his father had arranged his marriage to the 13 year-old niece of Cardinal Richelieu. It was not to be a happy marriage.
(350-500 GBP)
*ex Michael Hall Collection, A. H. Baldwin & Sons, auction 64, 4 May 2010 (lot 360).
Louis II de Bourbon, 'The Great Condé', was the son of Henri II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency and grew to be one of France's greatest military leaders, appointed in 1643 to command against the Spanish in northern France. In 1640, his father had arranged his marriage to the 13 year-old niece of Cardinal Richelieu. It was not to be a happy marriage.
(350-500 GBP)