Royal Medals and Portraits

Bronze and copper medals featuring historical figures, exhibiting detailed craftsmanship in recognition of noble achievements.

Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British Admiral, 1798 Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British Admiral. Bronze, 1798.

Louis XVIII (1755-1824), King of France (1814-1824) Bertrand Andrieu (1761-1822). Louis XVIII (1755-1824), King of France. Copper repulsed.

Andr� Mass�na, Prince of Essling (1758-1817), Marshal d'Empire (1804) Louis Jaley (1763-1838). Andr� Mass�na, Prince of Essling (1758-1817), Marshal of Empire (1804). Bronze.

Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British Admiral, 1798 Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British Admiral. Bronze, 1798.

Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico' (1448-1492). Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Diameter: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm). Maker: Medalist: Niccolò Fiorentino (Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli) (Italian, Florence 1430-1514 Florence). Date: ca. 1490.Born into a family of Florentine goldsmiths, Niccolò ranks among the leading portrait medalists of the Italian Renaissance. Working in high relief, he created effigies that are bolder in scale, more varied, and more bluntly realistic than anything produced earlier. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin-(N.1730-11-05-D.1819-07-11), Alliance with the Swiss (main title), 1777. Bronze copper alloy. Red brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

First Treaty of Paris, May 12, 1814 Bertrand Andrieu (1761-1822). First Treaty of Paris, May 12, 1814. Bronze, 1814.

Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), the first painter of the king, director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, and the Royal Goblins Manufacture, 1818 Eugene Dubois (1795-1863). Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), the first painter of the king, director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, and the Royal Goblins Manufacture, 1818. Bronze.

Bliżej Kultury Gatteaux, Jacques Edouard (1788 1881)

Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), writer and politician, 1827 Fran�ois-Augustin Caunois (1787-1859). Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), writer and politician, 1827. Bronze.

Parties for the return of the Duke of Angoul�me in Paris and the victory of the Trocadero, December 15, 1823 Fran�ois-Augustin Caunois (1787-1859). Festivals for the return of the Duke of Angoul�me in Paris and the victory of the Trocadero, 15 December 1823. Bronze. 1823.

David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean (n.1788-03-12-D.1856-01-05), Adam Mickiewicz (registered title (letter)), 1829. Bronze medallion. Museum of Romantic Life.

Marc Antoine Disconnects (1772 -1827), songmaker, poet and vaudevilliste French, after 1827 PEUVERIAN. Marc Antoine Disconnects (1772 -1827), songmaker, poet and French Vaudevilliste. Bronze after 1827.

The Moli�re Fountain by Visconti, 1844 Fran�ois-Augustin Caunois (1787-1859). The Moli�re Fountain by Visconti, 1844. Bronze.

Installation of the first stone of Our Lady of Lorette, August 25, 1823 Raymond Gayrard (1777-1858); Joseph-Fran�ois Domard (1792-1858). Laying of the first stone of Our Lady of Lorette, August 25, 1823. Bronze.

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), 1876 Philippo Hope (1848-1903). Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), 1876. Bronze. Paris, carnavalet Mus�e.

Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819). "Christmas Eve". Bronze. May 14, 1792. Paris, Carnavalet Museum. Right bust of Louis XVI draped on the right; Reverse registration on fifteen lines. Bronze, medal, stationer, portrait

Jean-Pierre Montagny (1789-1862). Return of the ashes of Napoleon I, December 15, 1840. Copper. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Medal, numismatics

Bliżej Kultury Minheymer, Jan (1808 1879)

Marriage Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Cast bronze medal. Front: portraits and profil to the left, placed one behind the other, from Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard in relief, with circumcision and signature. Reverse: Climbing lion to the left, supporting two coats of arms with an orange tree (orange tree), with text right along the edge.

Claude Martin (1735-1800), French soldier of the French company of Eastern Indies, then general of the English company of the East India, founder of the schools la Martini�re, 1851 Joseph Dantzel (1805-1877). Claude Martin (1735-1800), French soldier of the French company of East Indies, then general of the English company of the East Indies, founder of the schools martini�re, 1851. Bronze.

Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, 1820 Jacques-Jean Bar (1793-1855). Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, 1820. Copper.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), Comptroller General of Finance (1665-1683), Secretary of State of the House of the King and Secretary of State of the Marine (1669-1683), 1826 Alexis-Joseph Deaulis (1790-1867). Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), Comptroller General of Finance (1665-1683), Secretary of State of the House of the King and Secretary of State of the Marine (1669-1683), 1826. Bronze.

Bliżej Kultury Hart, Laurent Joseph (1810 1860)

Adam Mickiewicz compatriots, 100 years of birth; Meissner, Jan (1866-1905), Gerlach and Meissner (Warsaw; AD Medalierski; Fl. Ca 1886-1910); 1898 (1898-00-00-1898-00-00);Mickiewicz, Adam (1798-1855), Partage Plus, Medals, poets, secession (style)

Bliżej Kultury

Leone Battista Alberti, 1404-1472, Architect and Writer on Art and Science obverse. Dated: 1446/1450. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 9.34 cm (3 11/16 in.) gross weight: 205.24 gr (0.452 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: MATTEO DE' PASTI.

Ponce-Denis Eschad-Lebrun, says Lebrun Pindare (1729-1807), French poet, 1821 Louis-Michel Petit (1791-1844). Ponce-Denis eschad-lebrun, Said Lebrun Pindare (1729-1807), French Poet. Bronze, 1821.

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, Diplomat and Statesman. Dated: model 1777, cast probably 19th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 12.13 cm (4 3/4 in.). Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Giovanni Battista Nini.

Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe, July 29, 1836 Jean-Pierre Montagny (1789-1862). Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe, July 29, 1836. Bronze.

Venus alfalfa, 1803 Romain Vincent Jeffroy (1749-1826). Venus Medici. Bronze, 1803.

Award of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia American by 1873 View more. Award of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. American. by 1873. Bronze

Bliżej Kultury Kurnatowski, Mieczysław (1833 1904)

Sigismund II Augustus (1548 1572); 1548 Venetiano, Domenico

Confirmation of the Charter of 1814, September 5, 1816 Raymond Gayrard (1777-1858). Confirmation of the Charter of 1814, September 5, 1816. Bronze, 1816.

Mathieu molen (1584-1656), first president of the parliament of Paris and keeps the seals of France (1651-1656), 1821 Joseph-Fran�ois Domard (1792-1858). Mathieu molen (1584-1656), first president of the parliament of Paris and keeps the seals of France (1651-1656), 1821. Bronze.

Bliżej Kultury Majnert, Józef (1813 1879)

Conseil des Prud'hommes de Paris for tissues Alfred Borrel (1836-1927). Conseil des Prud'hommes de Paris for Tissues, Around 1890.

Emanuele Filiberto, 1528-1580, 10th Duke of Savoy 1553 obverse. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.). Medium: bronze//Struck; originally gilded. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: IL GRECHETTO.

Medallion of the Marquis de Lafayette. Dimensions: Diam. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm). Date: 1800-1883. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pisanello, Leonello d'Este, 1407 1450, Marquess of Ferrara 1441 (obverse), c 1440 1444 Pisanello (Veronese, c. 1395 - 1455), Leonello d'Este, 1407-1450, Marquess of Ferrara 1441 obverse, c. 1440/1444, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1957.14.598.a

Bliżej Kultury Głowacki, Wacław (1828 1908)

Karl Friedrich Voigt, Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1770 1844, Sculptor (obverse), 1837 Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1770-1844, Sculptor obverse

Dominique François Arago (1786-1856). Artist: Medalist: Pierre Jean David d'Angers (French, Angers 1788-1856 Paris). Culture: French. Dimensions: 6 × 6 1/8 in. (15.3 × 15.5 cm). Date: 1832.Pierre-Jean David d'Angers was the most prolific and one of the most important French sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his almost fifty-year career (1819-1856) David remained true to his conviction that sculptural monuments dedicated to the achievements of great men and women most permanently and vividly express the greatness of a people. He continuously sought commissions for monuments portraying historical and contemporary figures whom he admired in order to commit their contributions to posterity. His most famous public commission, the figurative pediment of the Pantheon in Paris (1830-1837), which commemorates great men and was dedicated by a grateful nation, exemplifies these life-long principles. David d'Angers extended his definition of public monuments to i

Rebustment of the Statue of Henry IV on the bridge-nine, 1817 Bertrand Andrieu (1761-1822). Rebustment of the Statue of Henri IV on the bridge nine, 1817. Bronze, 1817.

Friedrich Hagenauer, Portrait of a Young Man Portrait of a Young Man

Italian 15th or 16th Century, after the Antique, A Roman Emperor, 15th or 16th century A Roman Emperor

François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) 1844 Medalist: Jean-Jacques Feuchère French. François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) 209365

Inauguration of the Museum of Versailles, June 10, 1837 Alexis-Joseph Deaulis (1792-1867). Inauguration of the Museum of Versailles, June 10, 1837. Bronze.

Isabella Capua, Princess of Malfretto, Wife 1529 of Ferrante Gonzaga, died 1559 obverse. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 7.03 cm (2 3/4 in.) gross weight: 165.67 gr (0.365 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: lead//After-cast. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo.

Installation of the first stone of the church of Montrouge, October 22, 1823 Portrait of Louis XVIII, King of France and Navarre. (Other Face: Laying the first stone of the Church of Montrouge). Bronze. 1823.

Francesco Bonatti, Mantuan Lawyer obverse. Dated: c. 1510. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.) gross weight: 37 gr. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: MEA.

Bliżej Kultury Kullrich, Wilhelm (1821 1887)

Attributed to Leone Leoni, Girolamo Cardano, 1501 1576, Physician and Philosopher of Pavia (obverse), c 1550 Girolamo Cardano, 1501-1576, Physician and Philosopher of Pavia obverse

Medallion creator Pierre Jean David d'Angers

Bliżej Kultury Pfeuffer, Christoph Carl (1801 1861)

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1467/1469-1536, Scholar, Theologian, and Satirist. Dated: 1519. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 10.07 cm (3 15/16 in.) gross weight: 80.13 gr (0.177 lb.). Medium: lead//Late cast. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: QUENTIN MASSYS.

Florentine 15th Century, Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, 1421 1463, c 1465 1469 Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, 1421-1463

Sperandio, Niccolò da Correggio, 1450 1508, Count of Brescello 1480 (obverse), c 1480 Niccolò II da Correggio, 1450-1508, Count of Brescello 1480 obverse

Bliżej Kultury Radnitzky, Carl (1818 1901)

Zygmunt II August (1548-1572) Moscow, Giovanni Maria, Vel Padovano (Ca 1493 1574)

Anonymous / 'Roman Emperor'. Ca. 1550. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Francesco I Sforza, 1401-1466, 4th Duke of Milan 1450 obverse. Dated: c. 1441. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.67 cm (3 7/16 in.) gross weight: 274.28 gr (0.605 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PISANELLO.

Master IAC URB, Guilia Orsini, 1537 1598, Wife of Baldossare Rangoni c 1554 (obverse), 1554 Guilia Orsini, 1537-1598, Wife of Baldossare Rangoni c. 1554 obverse

Medal; Designed by Raymond Gayrard; cast bronze; Diam.: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.); 1907-17-106

Leonello d'Este, 1407-1450, Marquess of Ferrara 1441 obverse. Dated: c. 1440/1444. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.74 cm (2 5/8 in.) gross weight: 100.32 gr (0.221 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PISANELLO.

Michel Foucault 1775 Jean-Baptiste Nini Italian In a technique of his own invention, Nini refined the local clay through a process of elutriation and used it to cast his medallions from finely engraved copper molds.. Michel Foucault. Jean-Baptiste Nini (Italian, Urbino 1717-1786 Chaumont-sur-Loire). French, Chaumont-sur-Loire. 1775. Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); frame: gilt wood. Sculpture-Miniature

Raymond Gayrard (1777-1858). Restoration of the Henri IV statue on the Pont Neuf, October 28, 1817. Red copper (obverse). Paris, Carnavalet museum. Medal, numismatics

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini (1417-1468) 1446 Medalist: Matteo de' Pasti Italian Matteo's medals are among the finest of the early Italian Renaissance. A follower of Pisanello, he was also a manuscript illuminator, painter, and architect. Characterized by simple forms, precise modeling, and harmonious compositions, many of his portrait medals relate to his role as artist and advisor to the Malatesta court in Rimini.. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini (1417-1468) 195054

His Samerani, Giovanni Martino (446-04,09-10 - D.1705-06-28), L. Do youth0), 1689. Alliace Cuiving. Dorre. Petit Palais, Musée des beaux-texts de la Ville.

Mme Jeanne Mathilde Claude 1887 Medalist: Jules-Clément Chaplain French. Mme Jeanne Mathilde Claude 187534 Artist: Medalist: Jules-Clment Chaplain, French, Mortagne, Orne 18391909 Paris, Mme Jeanne Mathilde Claude, 1887, Electroformed copper, silver plated, Diameter: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1893 (93.10.40)

The Royal Exchange 1844 Medalist: William Wyon British. The Royal Exchange 210234

Jean du Mas de l'Isle, died 1495, Councillor of Charles VIII obverse. Dated: 1494/1495. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.). Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Niccolò Fiorentino.

Medallion portrait of Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau. Portrait in balein of a man (Frederik Hendrik from Oranje-Nassau), brisket to the right, in armor and with sash from right shoulder depending to the right and with wide flat sides collar. Framed with narrow ribs. Oval. Under inscription in Cartouche: Patriae. Que / Patrique.

After Francesco Francia, Francesco degli Alidosi, c 1455 1511, Cardinal of Pavia 1505, Legate of Bologna and Romagna 1508 (obverse) Francesco degli Alidosi, c. 1455-1511, Cardinal of Pavia 1505, Legate of Bologna and Romagna 1508 obverse

Honor�-Gabriel Riquetti, Count of Mirabeau (1749-1791), MP for the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791) Anonymous. Honor�-Gabriel Riquetti, Count of Mirabeau (1749-1791), MP for the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791). Copper.

Dupré, Abraham (n.1604 - D.1647), Jacques Boiceau (main title). Copper alloy. Opaque brunette patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Droz, Jean-Pierre (n.1746-04-17-D.1823-03-02), alliance with Basel (main title), 1780. Bronze. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Portrait of Mlle. Heuzey 1889 Medalist: Jules-Clément Chaplain French. Portrait of Mlle. Heuzey 187535 Artist: Medalist: Jules-Clment Chaplain, French, Mortagne, Orne 18391909 Paris, Portrait of Mlle. Heuzey, 1889, Bronze, cast - single, Diameter: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1893 (93.10.41)

Gatteaux, Jacques-Edouard (n.1788-11-04-D.1881-02-08), coronation of Charles X, May 29, 1825 (main title), 1825. Alloy with low point of merger. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Roettiers, Joseph Charles (n.1691-04-13-D.1779-03-14), coronation of the king (main title), 1654. Metal. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

A. D. Lourmand, 1858 Maurice Valentin Borrel (1804-1882). A. D. Lourmand, 1858. Bronze.

Titus (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) 18th century Josiah Wedgwood British. Titus (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus). Josiah Wedgwood (British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730-1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent). British, Etruria, Staffordshire. 18th century. Black basalt ware. Ceramics-Pottery

Medallion creator Pierre Jean David d'Angers

Antoine Etienne Renaud Augustin Serres (1786-1866), French physician and anthropologist 1838 Pierre Jean David d'Angers French Pierre-Jean David dAngers was the most prolific and one of the most important French sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his almost fifty-year career (1819-1856) David remained true to his conviction that sculptural monuments dedicated to the achievements of great men and women most permanently and vividly express the greatness of a people. He continuously sought commissions for monuments portraying historical and contemporary figures whom he admired in order to commit their contributions to posterity. His most famous public commission, the figurative pediment of the Pantheon in Paris (1830-1837), which commemorates great men and was dedicated by a grateful nation, exemplifies these life-long principles. David dAngers extended his definition of public monuments to include portrait medallions. In the 1820s he dedicated himself to

Jacopo Lixignolo, Borso d'Este, 1413 1471, Marquess of Ferrara 1450, Duke of Modena and Reggio 1452 (obverse), 1460 Borso d'Este, 1413-1471, Marquess of Ferrara 1450, Duke of Modena and Reggio 1452 obverse

Medallion - August II Mocny (1670-1733); Minter, Karol Juliusz (1812-1892), Święcki, Wojciech (1823-1873), Minter, Karol Juliusz (Warsaw; Wytwórnia brown and metal products; 1828-1881); 1855-1865 (1855-00-00-1865-00-00);

The Lincoln Centenary. Artist: Charles E. Barber (1840-1917). Dimensions: Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm). Date: 1909. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

100th anniversary of the Kościuszko Uprising. Meissner, Jan (1866-1905), creator, Gerlach i Meissner (Warszawa ; zakład medalierski ; fl. ca 1886-1910), creator

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