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Auction 49 5 Oct 2021
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France, Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), Restoration of the Roman Catholic Church, gilt-bronze medal, c. 1681-1688, Roman School, armoured bust r., with Sash and flowing hair, LVD King who presents her with a scroll, SACR. ROMANA RESTITVTA, 62.5mm. (Clifford 476), good very fine and very rare, though the gilding perhaps later
Sir Timothy Clifford, in his catalogue, 21 May 1996, attributes the medal jointly to Joseph Roettiers (1635-1703) and Jean Mauger (c. 1648-1722). More recently, 14 June 2000 (lot 1985), CNG offered an example as 'Style of G.B. Guglielmada'. In 2012 Christie's in Paris sold another gilt example. Writing in 1895 (since reprinted), 'The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes', Henry M. Baird refers to a letter published in 1688, the first known record of the medal, 'Sopra un medaglione nuovamente coniato in lode di S. M. Christianisima'. 1681 saw the annexation of Strasbourg by Louis XIV and the Edict of Nantes came in 1685. The medal dates from these few years when the official policy of religious intolerance was driving the Protestants from France.
(250-350 GBP)
Sir Timothy Clifford, in his catalogue, 21 May 1996, attributes the medal jointly to Joseph Roettiers (1635-1703) and Jean Mauger (c. 1648-1722). More recently, 14 June 2000 (lot 1985), CNG offered an example as 'Style of G.B. Guglielmada'. In 2012 Christie's in Paris sold another gilt example. Writing in 1895 (since reprinted), 'The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes', Henry M. Baird refers to a letter published in 1688, the first known record of the medal, 'Sopra un medaglione nuovamente coniato in lode di S. M. Christianisima'. 1681 saw the annexation of Strasbourg by Louis XIV and the Edict of Nantes came in 1685. The medal dates from these few years when the official policy of religious intolerance was driving the Protestants from France.
(250-350 GBP)