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No. 2895 | Coins, Stamps, Historica

Eppli Münzauktionen, Heilbronner Straße 9-13 , DE-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen  

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Catalog number: 20 / Lot number: 1112378

Frankreich - Bronzemedaille 1661, Ludwig XIV., auf seine persönliche Herrschaft,

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von Jean Mauger (1648-1712), Ludwig begann 1661 nach dem Tod seines obersten Ministers Mazarin persönlich zu regieren, Av: Büste von Ludwig XIV. n. r., LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS, sign: I. MAVGER. F., Rv: Ludwig steht vor seinem Thron und empfängt Bittsteller, FACILIS AD PRINCIPEM ADITUS MDCLXI, vz-, schöne Patina, leichter Berieb des Reliefs, Randkerben, Kratzer, partiell fleckig, ca. 36 g. Jean Mauger (1648-1712) erlernte das Drechslerhandwerk in seiner Heimatstadt Dieppe, bevor er 1677 nach Paris ging, wo er von 1685 bis zu seinem Tod in der Pariser Münze arbeitete. Als außergewöhnlich produktiver Künstler schuf er in weniger als sieben Jahren 250 der 286 unter Ludwig XIV. geprägten Medaillen, die 1702 in einem Sammelband veröffentlicht wurden. Die meisten davon basierten auf seinen eigenen Entwürfen, aber er arbeitete auch eng mit den Graveuren des Königs, Henri Rousselle und Michel Molart, zusammen.

| France - Bronze medal 1661, Louis XIV, on his personal reign, by Jean Mauger (1648-1712), Louis began to reign personally in 1661 after the death of his chief minister Mazarin, Av: Bust of Louis XIV to the right, LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS, sign: I. MAVGER. F., Rv: Louis standing before his throne and receiving petitioners, FACILIS AD PRINCIPEM ADITUS MDCLXI, EF-, beautiful patina, slight rubbing of the relief, edge nicks, scratches, partially spotted, approx. 36 g. Jean Mauger (1648-1712) learnt the turner's trade in his home town of Dieppe before moving to Paris in 1677, where he worked at the Paris mint from 1685 until his death. An exceptionally prolific artist, in less than seven years he created 250 of the 286 medals minted under Louis XIV, which were published in an anthology in 1702. Most of these were based on his own designs, but he also worked closely with the king's engravers, Henri Rousselle and Michel Molart.

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