Portrait medallions

French

Not on view

Depicting the French King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), these portraits are adaptations of medals by Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819) of 1781 and may have derived from an engraving after the artist. The technical and stylistic similarities between goldsmiths’ work and that in gilt bronze are seldom as apparent as in this mount.

Portrait medallions, Gilt bronze, French

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Portrait medallions, Gilt bronze, French
Portrait medallions, Gilt bronze, French

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