Medal Commemorating the Replacement of the Statue of Louis XIV in the Place des Victoires

Medalist: Raymond Gayrard French
Designer Design of equestrian monument by Baron François Joseph Bosio
1822
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 554

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  • Title: Medal Commemorating the Replacement of the Statue of Louis XIV in the Place des Victoires
  • Artist: Medalist: Raymond Gayrard (French, Rodez 1777–1858 Paris)
  • Designer: Design of equestrian monument by Baron François Joseph Bosio (French, 1768–1845)
  • Date: 1822
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
  • Classification: Medals and Plaquettes
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait, 1908
  • Object Number: 08.230.9
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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