Good extremely fine | FRANCE. Louis XVI, 1774-93.
Bronze Medal, 1781.
By Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux, commemorating the State Minister J.-Fred. Phelypeaux, Count of Maurepas (9 July 1701 – 21 November 1781).
Obverse: PHELYPEAUX COMES DE MAUREPAS REGNI ADMINISTER (translated: Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Minister of the Kingdom).
Right-facing bust of Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, wearing court dress with elaborately curled wig. Signed N. M. GATTEAUX. F. below.
Reverse: LAUDIBUS OFFENDI NAM SOLET IPSE SUIS (translated: For he is accustomed to be offended by his own praise)
Allegorical scene depicting a winged genius emerging from clouds, gesturing towards a seated female figure with books, suggesting the theme of modest silence. In exergue: MDCCLXXXI (1781). Signed N. M. GATTEAUX IN. ET F.
Good extremely fine.

From the Kent Rondeau Collection.

Diameter: 59.7 mm.
Weight: 95.94 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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