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Médicis Enchères - Hôtel des Ventes Lyon
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Jean Baptiste La Fontaine, by Simon Curé, 1718
See original version (French)
57
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Jean Baptiste La Fontaine, by Simon Curé, 1718
See original version (French)
Estimate
€70 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
Jean Baptiste La Fontaine, by Simon Curé, 1718
Obverse: IEAN BAT• LAFONTAINE, full-face bust with the head in three-quarter profile to the left
Reverse: IE LES AI FAIT PARLER PO(OUR) INSTRUIRE ET PO(IUR) PLAIRE, animals in front of a pedestal on which a bust is placed, with the exergue MDCCXVIII.
Cast in bronze, 55.5 mm. This medal forms part of the ‘French Parnassus’ series. An interesting and rare portrait of the fabulist.
See original version (French)
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ID: 88281115
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