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Bronze medals featuring historical figures and events, showcasing intricate designs and portraits, representing significant moments in history.

Frédéric-Auguste (1750-1827), Elector of Saxony (1763-1806), King of Saxony (1806-1827) Frédéric-Auguste (1750-1827), elector of Saxony (1763-1806), King of Saxony (1806-1827). Bronze.
Frédéric-Auguste (1750-1827), Elector of Saxony (1763-1806), King of Saxony (1806-1827) Frédéric-Auguste (1750-1827), elector of Saxony (1763-1806), King of Saxony (1806-1827). Bronze.
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Edward V 1731-32 Medalist: Jean Dassier Swiss This medal of Edward V belongs to the English Monarchs series by the Swiss medalist Jean Dassier (1676-1763). Dassier was the chief engraver of the Geneva mint, and the group to which this medal belongs (2014.457.1-10) are among his most important medallic works, part of a series of 33 medals of the English sovereigns begun during his second stay in London and approved by Queen Caroline. These medals represent an important European medalist in one of his most significant series. The English Monarchs are also important precedents for medal making in 18th- and 19th-century Britain, examples of which are also found in Museum's collection.. Edward V. Medalist: Jean Dassier (Geneva 1676-1763 Geneva). British. 1731-32. Bronze. Medals and PlaquettesBenjamin Duvivier (1730-1819) and Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux (1751-1832). "Abolition of privileges". Bronze. August 4, 1789. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Right bust of Louis XVI on the right, in French clothes, the cord of the order of the Holy Spirit on the habit, draped in a coat bordered by ermine; Reverse in the room of the National Assembly, the deputies of the three orders, assembled in front of an altar which carries the inscription to the Fatherland, oath to abandon the privileges, whose titles are thrown at the foot of the altar. Privilege abolition, bronze, falling monarchy, French freedom, medal, profile, portrait, republic, restaurateur, revolution, king FranceMichel Moreau, Lieutenant civilian (Uniface) Anonymous. Michel Moreau, Paris Civil Lieutenant (Uniface). Medal, around 1617.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collectionStanisław August Poniatowski (1764-1795), Crown Half Gray, Sample, Warsaw; 1771 Mint Warsaw, Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732 1798), Holzhaeusser, Johann Philip (1741 1792)Camilla Albizzi obverse. Dated: 1556. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.59 cm (1 13/16 in.) gross weight: 34.53 gr (0.076 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze//Late cast. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Medalist R. C.Frédéric-Auguste (1750-1827), Elector of Saxony (1763-1806), King of Saxony (1806-1827) Frédéric-Auguste (1750-1827), elector of Saxony (1763-1806), King of Saxony (1806-1827). Bronze.Medal of Major General Winfield Scott. Culture: American. Dimensions: Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). Maker: Moritz Fürst (born 1782, active United States, 1807-ca. 1840). Date: 1818. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bliżej Kultury unknown, Widemann, Anton Franz (1724 1792)Louis XVI / The Six Bodies Delivrate Prisoners, January 15, 1784 Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819). Louis XVI / The Six Bodies deliver the prisoners, January 15, 1784. Medal, 1784.Completion of the Palace of the Scholarship and the Commercial Court of Paris, 1825 Louis-Michel Petit (1791-1844). Completion of the Palace of the Stock Exchange and the Commercial Court of Paris, 1825. Bronze, 1825.Two Medals Depicting Columbus. American. Date: 1892. Dimensions: . Bronze. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Speech by Charles X to the Peers of France and the members of Parliament, September 17, 1824 Raymond Gayrard (1777-1858). Speech by Charles X to the Peers of France and the members of Parliament, September 17, 1824. Bronze. 1824.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionLouis XVI, king and a beneficent brother Augustin Dupr� (1748-1833). Louis XVI, king and a beneficent brother. Medal. Bronze, 1786.Van der Kellen, Medal on the death of King William II, death certificate penning footage silver, left-wing portrait of King William II, WILLEM II KING - THE NETHERLANDS (legend) signed on neck-cut royal house Oranjehuis Orange king King William II Willem IIVisit of Pope Pius VII to the currency of the medals, January 30, 1805 Jean-Pierre Droz (1746-1823). Visit of Pope Pius VII to the medal currency, January 30, 1805. Bronze. 1805.Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus .. a medallion of mother-of-pearl, on which an image is sliced from a Roman emperor, with a peripheral: Clavdi Caes.J�r�me P�tion (1756-1794), Member of Parliament for the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791), Mayor of Paris (1791-1792), MP (1792-1793) P. G. LIENARD 51849-1900) J�r�me Petion (1756-1794), MP for the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791), Mayor of Paris (1791-1792), MP (1792-1793). Golden copper, repulsed. Around 1801.Jean-Sifreen Maury (1746-1817), Member of Parliament for the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791), Cardinal (1794), Grand Chaplain of the King of Westphalia, 1807 G.G. Lienard (1849-1900). Jean-SiFrrein Maury (1746-1817), MP for the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791), Cardinal (1794), Grand Chaplain of the King of Westphalia, 1807. Etain.Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medal. Louis Saint-Gaudens; American, 1854-1913. Date: 1906. Dimensions: Diam. 10.1 cm (4 in.). Bronze. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Honor at science work at the arts ", 1849 (title registered (letter)) Jean-Pierre Montagny (1789-1862). Medal Honor to Science Work at Arts. Copper, 1849.Medal commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Vienna relief Wojtych, FelicjanMedal of James Monroe. Culture: American. Dimensions: Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). Maker: Moritz Fürst (born 1782, active United States, 1807-ca. 1840). Date: 1817. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.'England's Great Captain Arthur Duke of Wellington - Souvenir Medal', 1815 (1910). Artist: Edward Orme.Award medal Stanis Waw Augusta for the Sejm's march of Stanis Awa Mal Achowski; Stanis Aw August Poniatowski (Polish king; 1764-1795), Holzhaeusser, Johann Philip (1731 cars 1741-1792); 1790 (1790-00-00-1790-00-00);Voltaire, 1694-1778, Writer and Philosopher obverse. Dated: 1770. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 85.6 gr (0.189 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Georg Christian Waechter.Jean Luillier, Preview of Paris / Henri IV Merchants A horse Anonymous. Jean LAUILLIER, Provost of the Paris / Henri IV merchants on horseback. Medal, 1594.Carnavalet museum, medal collection To the right registration on five lines in a oak crown; On the head of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte on the left.Eques. Bernardinus. Attributed to Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (Italy, Florence, 1658-1740). 1725. Jewelry and Adornments; medals. BronzeMedal of Captain O. H. Perry 1813-15 Moritz Fürst Hungarian. Medal of Captain O. H. Perry. American. 1813-15. Bronze. Made in United StatesMedal on the fiftieth birthday of Pierre Jurieu, medallion medallions lead metal, Jurier Juridical Jurisdiction: omschrift PETRUS IURIEU S.S. THEOL; P.P. AETAT.L. (Peter Jurien professor of holy Theology and forecaster aged fifty years) caption SPE FATI MELIORIS ALOR (I am fed with the hope of better fate) preacher pastor church theologian Rotterdam birthday partyLeon Gambetta (1838-1882), Member of the Government of National Defense (1870), President of the Chamber of Deputies (1879-1881), Chairman of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1881-1882), 1891 Ernest Paulin Tasset (1839-1919). Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), Member of the Government of National Defense (1870), President of the Chamber of Deputies (1879-1881), Chairman of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1881-1882). Silver, 1891.Joseph Arnold Pingret (1798-1862). Tribute to the 2nd battalion of hunters, 1st company in Lafayette, August 28, 1830. Cuper, 1831. Paris, Carnavalet Museum. Medal, numismaticsMedal 1791. Medal. 1791. BronzeStyle of Niccolò Fiorentino, Filippo Strozzi, 1428 1491, Florentine Merchant Prince (obverse), 1489 Filippo Strozzi, 1428-1491, Florentine Merchant-Prince obverseHonor�-Gabriel Riquetti, Count of Mirabeau (1749-1791), MP for the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791), 1791 Andr� Galle (1761-1844). Honor�-Gabriel Riquetti, Count of Mirabeau (1749-1791), MP for the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791), 1791. Bronze.Jacques Necker (1732-1804), General Manager of the Royal Treasury (1776-1777), Director General of Finance (1777-1781, 1788-1789), Prime Minister of Finance (1789-1790), 1789 Jacques Necker (1732-1804), Director General of the Royal Treasury (1776-1777), Director General of Finance (1777-1781, 1788-1789), Prime Minister of Finance (1789-1790), 1789. Bronze. 1789.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right bust of Pius IX on the left; Reverse registration on four lines.Italy, Wiktor Emanuel III (1900 1946), 5 centisimi, rome; 1939 Mint of Rome, Romagnoli, Giuseppe (1872 1966)Peace of Munster. Bronze medal. Front: young man (Louis XIV) in writing. Reverse: France standing on a yoke with an olive branch in a left hand, balanced in the right hand, on which caesarisers crown is weighed against the crowns of the authorities within circumstances; Cut out: inscription.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionIn honor of Ferdinand I, German emperor, his son Maximilian II and his wife Maria, Anonymous, 1563 history medal Silver medal with broken bearing eye. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Breastpiece Man with star crown and woman inside Cover silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal Depicting George William Curtis c 1892-1908 United States. Silver . V. D. Brenner, Sr.August Pooniatowski (1764-1795), Crown ducaat, sample, warss; 1765 Mint Warsaw, Stanis Aw August Poniatowski (1732 1798)Commemorative medal Franz Xaver GabelsbergerCarnavalet museum, medal collectionCommemorative medal Franz Xaver GabelsbergerGeorge II 1731-32 Medalist: Jean Dassier Swiss This medal of George II belongs to the English Monarchs series by the Swiss medalist Jean Dassier (1676-1763). Dassier was the chief engraver of the Geneva mint, and the group to which this medal belongs (2014.457.1-10) are among his most important medallic works, part of a series of 33 medals of the English sovereigns begun during his second stay in London and approved by Queen Caroline. These medals represent an important European medalist in one of his most significant series. The English Monarchs are also important precedents for medal making in 18th- and 19th-century Britain, examples of which are also found in Museum's collection.. George II. Medalist: Jean Dassier (Geneva 1676-1763 Geneva). British. 1731-32. Bronze. Medals and PlaquettesGalerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France), Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux, French, 1788 - 1881, Cast bronze, Bust of Jean Varin (1604-1672)., France, 1820, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Medal, MedalLouis-Alexandre, Duke de la Rochefoucauld d'enville (1743-1792), MP (National Assembly (1789-1791), 1801 Louis-Alexandre, Duc de la Rochefoucauld d'enville (1743-1792), MP for the National Assembly (1789-1791), 1801 . Metal.Forty -year -old professorate of Antoine Paul Nicolas Franchimont 1914, Toon Dupuis, 1914 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the bust of Franchimont to the left, on the downside eight lines of text within a lauwer and oak wreath. bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Isis Medal of the Society of Arts. Artist: Medalist: Thomas Wyon the Younger (British, 1791-1817). Culture: British. Dimensions: Diameter: 6 1/4 in. (159 mm). Date: 1830.This medal was awarded to Miss M. A. Williams. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Death certificate, anonymous, death certificate penning footage lead metal, slightly left-sided women's wallet no deathBliżej Kultury unknownCarnavalet museum, medal collectionCharles II, 1390-1431, Duke of Lorraine reverse. Dated: 1572. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.69 cm (1 7/8 in.) gross weight: 58.12 gr (0.128 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pierre II Woeiriot de Bouzey.Memorial Medal Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (with peasant eyelet)Commemorative Medal, Alexandre Georges Geefs, 1863 history medal Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Displaced by rising sun, flying angel pulls a boat boat, which contains stuffed horn of abundance, on water; Left: bank with church tower, reed and water jug. Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking) ScalesAntonio Abondio, Baron Johann von Khevenhüller, 1537 1538 1606 (obverse), c 1571 Baron Johann von Khevenhüller, 1537/1538-1606 obverseQuintino Selba 1884, Georgi. L, 1884 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the bust of Selba to the right with a change, on the sides of the text of text between together oak branches. copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Alvise da Noale, active 1509-1533, Jurist obverse. Dated: c. 1512/1520. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.) gross weight: 39 gr. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Venetian 16th Century.Commemorative medal Franz Xaver GabelsbergerCoin depicting Vitellius. Proclaimed by the army of Rhine, was a gluttonous, mean and incompetent. He humiliated the Praetorians, but was defeated by the army of the Danube. Murdered, AD 69.Bertrand or Jean-Bertrand Andrieu (1763-1822). Restoration of the Henri IV statue on the Pont Neuf, October 28, 1817. Red copper (obverse). Paris, Carnavalet museum. Medal, numismaticsAugust II Wettyn (Fryderyk August I) Elektor Saski (from 1694) and King of Poland (1697-1706, 1709-1733), Posthumous Medal Groskurt, Heinrich Paul (1675 1751)Coronation of Maria Theresa in Hungary 1741 Anton Franz Widemann When Maria Theresa (b. 1717; r. 1740-80) inherited the Hapsburg empire in 1740, Hungary was the first of her dominions to embrace her as its sovereign. This medal commemorates her coronation in Pressburg (now Bratislava, Slovak Republic) on 25 June 1741. Maria Theresa practiced her equestrian skills for weeks in order to enact the demanding culmination of the Hungarian coronation ceremony that is depicted on the medals reverse. Wearing the ancient crown and mantle of Saint Stephen, first king of Hungary, Maria Theresa mounted a black charger and rode up an earthen hill made from all the kingdoms lands. At the summit, she raised her sword and turned her rearing steed in the four directions of the compass while vowing to defend Hungary against all enemies. Anton Franz Widemann was Maria Theresas most accomplished, preferred, and prolific medalist. He remained in her service throughout her reign executing sensitive, exquiCarnavalet museum, medal collection Bust law of Mgr affre to the right; Female allegory reverse veiled on his knees turned to the left, placing a vegetable crown on a draped altar which supports the miter of the bishop and his butt; The woman lifts a martyrdom palm with her right hand.August III (medal) Vestner, Georg Wilhelm (1677 1740)Jacob Zagar, Frédéric Perrenot, 1536 1602, Lord of Champagney, Governor of Antwerp 1571 (obverse), 1574 Frédéric Perrenot, 1536-1602, Lord of Champagney, Governor of Antwerp 1571 obverseJean-Baptiste Kl�ber (1753-1800), General French, 1801 P. G. Li�nard. Jean-Baptiste Kl�ber (1753-1800), General French, 1801. Silver.The Siamese Embassy (main title), 1686. Bronze copper alloy. Gilding. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Giovanni Maria Pomedelli, Tommaso Moro, Captain of Verona 1527 (obverse), c 1527 Tommaso Moro, Captain of Verona 1527 obverseCarnavalet museum, medal collectionGalerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France), François Augustin Caunnois, French, 1787 - 1859, Cast bronze, Bust of Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689 -1755)., France, 1817, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Medal, MedalJ.F. Oudot, Professor of Law, July 1844 Maurice Valentin Borrel (1804-1882). J.F. Weird, Professor of Law, July 1844. Golden Copper.Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionBenjamin Duvivier, Marie Antoinette, 1755 1793, Queen of France 1774, 1781 Marie-Antoinette, 1755-1793, Queen of France 1774Carnavalet museum, medal collection Law bust of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte on the left; Statue of the Republic of the Republic on a piedetal holding in the right hand a branch and in the left hand a spike, on both sides of the footstal are various attributes of trade and science.Prize of the Institute of Health and Salubrity of Nîmes, 19th century Awards of the Nîmes Health and Sanitary Institute, 19th century ". Copper.Molière Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839-1909). Molière (1622-1673). Money.Medal of General Winfield Scott. Dimensions: Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm). Maker: Charles Cushing Wright (1796-1854). Date: 1848. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Coronation of Queen Caroline 1727 John Croker British. Coronation of Queen Caroline 210865Medal: Bust of Gianbattista Orsini late 15th-early 16th century Italian, Rome On the obverse is a portrait of Gianbattista Orsini. Onthe reverse is a landscape with a unicorn dipping hishorn in a fountain, and a cartouche with the Orsiniarms hanging on a tree in the background. Orsini wasprobably the son of Lorenzo Orsini. Still a boy, he wasmade canon of the Lateran church in Rome and becamecardinal-deacon in 1483.. Medal: Bust of Gianbattista Orsini 460594Alexis-Joseph Depaulis (1790-1867). Louis XVIII, 1814. Red copper. Between 1814 and 1824 (obverse). Paris, Carnavalet museum. Medal, numismaticsThe city of Paris favorable to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) Emperor, s. d. (Dummy title) The city of Paris favorable to the medal of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) Emperor, 1852.Willem I, Prince of Oranje-Nassau and Charlotte de Bourbon, Coenraad Bloc (Copy After), 1577 copy. history medal Silver medal to wear. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: breastpiece woman inside Cover Flanders silver (metal) castingThree hundred -year commemoration of the birth of Jan Luyken 1949, Bram Roth, 1949 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the bust of Luyken half to the right with a change, on the flip side Luyken at work in his studio, with a declaration, with explanation. bronze (metal) castingAugust II (medal) Engelhart, Johann ReinhardCurrency of Paris (n. - d.), Antoine king of Navarre (main title). Copper alloy. Light brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France), François Augustin Caunnois, French, 1787 - 1859, Cast bronze, Bust of François-Marie Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778)., France, 1817, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Medal, MedalMAUGER, Jean (n.1648-D.1722-09-09), TAP of Valence (Valence-sur-Pô, Italy) in 1656 (main title), 1677. Bronze copper alloy. Orange and blackened patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Venetian 16th Century, Tommaso Mocenigo (obverse), c 1500 Tommaso Mocenigo obverseMedal of John Quincy Adams 1825 Moritz Fürst Hungarian. Medal of John Quincy Adams. American. 1825. Bronze. Made in United StatesVittoria Colonna, c. 1490-1547, Wife of Francesco d'Avalos 1507. Dated: 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.92 cm (1 15/16 in.) gross weight: 23.58 gr (0.052 lb.). Medium: bronze//Late chasing. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 16th Century.Medal struck on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Emeryk Hutten Czapskis research work; 1896 Bartoszewicz, Kazimierz (19th/20th century), Gerlach and MeissnerCarnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionClaudius Caesar (Nero)., Anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800 A medallion of mother -of -pearl, on which an image has been cut from a Roman emperor, with edge script: Nero.AVG. Netherlands (possibly) mother of pearl A medallion of mother -of -pearl, on which an image has been cut from a Roman emperor, with edge script: Nero.AVG. Netherlands (possibly) mother of pearlGerman 17th Century, Ernst Bogislaus, Duke of Croy and Arschott, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire obverse, 1667, silver