Live auction - fme_610761 - LOUIS XVI Médaille dénonçant la mort du roi le 21 janvier 1793
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 60 € |
| Maximum bid : | 78 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2020 19:31:48 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille dénonçant la mort du roi le 21 janvier 1793
Date: (1794)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Berlin
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Loos Daniel et Frédéric
Weight : 9,44 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène avec des frottements dans le champ. Marque de trou dans le cou du roi. Exemplaire conservé dans sa petite boîte cartonnée rouge
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LOUIS XVI ROI DE FR. IMMOLÉ PAR LES FACTIEU.
Obverse description : Tête laurée (couronne de Cyprès) de Louis XVI à droite, un bandeau noué dans les cheveux ; signé F. L. au-dessous.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PLEURÉS ET VENGÉS - LE ! ; À L'EXERGUE EN DEUX LIGNES : LE XXI IANVIER/ MDCCXCIII.
Reverse description : La France assise de face, pleurant sur une urne, contenant les restes du roi, inscrite LOUIS/ XVI ; elle pointe la main droite sur LA - LOI déchirée, une couronne renversée, des piques et une hallebarde couchées. Au-dessus de la scène, un éclair sortant d'un nuage allume l'urne qui s'enflamme d'un cœur navré.
Commentary
Une série de six jetons/médailles fut réalisée à partir de 1794 et jusqu'à 1796 pour commémorer la mort de : Louis XVI (21 janvier 1793) (Hennin 469) ; Marie-Antoinette, le 16 octobre 1793 (Hennin 536) ; Philippe Égalité, duc d'Orléans, le 6 novembre 1793 (Hennin 550) ; Madame Élisabeth, guillotinée le 10 mai 1794 (Hennin 621) ; les enfants de Louis XVI (Hennin 644) ; la mort de Louis XVII au temple le 8 juin 1795 (Hennin 695). Ces jetons ou médailles de souvenir furent extrêmement répandus en Allemagne dans leur version populaire en laiton.
La symbolique de la pique et du faisceau délié est une réponse directe à la symbolique révolutionnaire du faisceau comme garant de l'Unité.
A series of six tokens/medals was produced from 1794 to 1796 to commemorate the death of: Louis XVI (January 21, 1793) (Hennin 469); Marie-Antoinette, October 16, 1793 (Hennin 536); Philippe Égalité, Duke of Orléans, November 6, 1793 (Hennin 550); Madame Élisabeth, guillotined May 10, 1794 (Hennin 621); the children of Louis XVI (Hennin 644); the death of Louis XVII in the temple June 8, 1795 (Hennin 695). These souvenir tokens or medals were extremely widespread in Germany in their popular brass version. The symbolism of the pike and the untied fasces is a direct response to the revolutionary symbolism of the fasces as a guarantor of Unity
La symbolique de la pique et du faisceau délié est une réponse directe à la symbolique révolutionnaire du faisceau comme garant de l'Unité.
A series of six tokens/medals was produced from 1794 to 1796 to commemorate the death of: Louis XVI (January 21, 1793) (Hennin 469); Marie-Antoinette, October 16, 1793 (Hennin 536); Philippe Égalité, Duke of Orléans, November 6, 1793 (Hennin 550); Madame Élisabeth, guillotined May 10, 1794 (Hennin 621); the children of Louis XVI (Hennin 644); the death of Louis XVII in the temple June 8, 1795 (Hennin 695). These souvenir tokens or medals were extremely widespread in Germany in their popular brass version. The symbolism of the pike and the untied fasces is a direct response to the revolutionary symbolism of the fasces as a guarantor of Unity
Historical background
LOUIS XVI
(05/10/1774-01/21/1793)
The Girondin ministry, formed on March 23, 1792, declared war on April 20 on the King of Bohemia and Hungary, Leopold II. Rouget de Lisle composes the Marseillaise on April 25th. The Fatherland is declared "in danger" on July 11. The Parisians and the Marseillais take the Tuileries and massacre the defenders of the castle, Swiss and noble, the king and his family take refuge near the Assembly. Louis XVI was stripped of his functions and interned in the Temple on August 12. In early September, massacres took place in Parisian prisons, including the Carmelites, and claimed thousands of victims, including the Princess of Lamballe, Marie-Antoinette's friend. Dumouriez and Kellermann won the victory of Valmy over the Prussians on September 20, 1792. The news was quickly known thanks to Chappe's telegraph. The following day, the republic was proclaimed and royalty abolished at the first meeting of the Convention. Dumouriez defeated the Austrians at Jemmapes on November 6 and occupied Brussels. The King's trial begins on December 10. On January 17, he was sentenced to death by a majority vote and was guillotined on January 21, 1793..
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