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E-auction 327-243498 - fme_423539 - LOUIS XV THE BELOVED Médaille, Cardinal de Fleury

LOUIS XV THE BELOVED Médaille, Cardinal de Fleury VF
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Estimate : 60 €
Price : 23 €
Maximum bid : 24 €
End of the sale : 22 July 2019 18:05:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Médaille, Cardinal de Fleury
Date: 1736
Mint name / Town : Suisse, Genève
Metal : lead
Diameter : 55 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DASSIER Jean (1676-1763)
Weight : 82 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Intéressante médaille en plomb, avec une patine hétérogène mais néanmoins de beaux reliefs

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANDR. HERCULES CARDINALIS DE FLEURY.
Obverse description : Buste de trois-quarts à gauche du cardinal de Fleury.

Reverse


Reverse legend : HIS PACEM REDDIDIT ARMIS // M DCC XXXVI.
Reverse description : Trophée d'instruments divers surmonté d'une massue entourée de serpents.

Commentary


Médaille en plomb, normalement en cuivre, signée I. DASSIER. F.
Les Dassier furent les seuls médailleurs de leur siècle cités dans l'Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert :
- Jean Dassier, né le 17 octobre 1676 à Genève et mort dans la même ville le 12 novembre 1763, est un graveur et médailleur genevois du XVIIIe siècle.
- Jacques-Antoine Dassier, né à Genève le 13 novembre 1715 et mort à Copenhague le 2 novembre 1759, est un graveur et médailleur genevois.
André Hercule de Fleury, né à Lodève le 22 juin 1653 et mort à Issy-les-Moulineaux le 29 janvier 1743, est un ecclésiastique et homme d'État français, qui, de 1726 à 1743, a été de facto le principal ministre du jeune roi Louis XV.

Historical background


LOUIS XV THE BELOVED

(1/09/1715-10/05/1774)

Louis XV succeeded Louis XIV on September 1, 1715 and Philippe d'Orléans was sole regent. The quadruple alliance in 1717 aims to maintain the European balance with France, Austria, England and the United Provinces. During his visit to France, Tsar Peter I signed a bilateral treaty of understanding. In 1718, Abbé Dubois became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sacred Archbishop of Cambrai in 1720, Prime Minister in 1722, he died on August 10, 1723. France declared war on Spain in 1719 to prevent Philip V from overthrowing the Regent. The capture of San Sebastian and Hondarribia marks the end of hostilities. In 1720, Philippe V joined the Quadruple Alliance and renounced the throne of France by the Treaty of Madrid. The first Masonic lodge was founded in France in 1721. Louis XV was crowned at the age of 12 on October 25, 1722. On February 15, 1723, he was declared of age. The regent is replaced by the Duke of Bourbon who becomes prime minister. Philippe d'Orléans died on December 2.

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