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Medal

1678 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bertinet, Francois
Place of origin
France (made)

This gilt bronze medal bears a portrait of Michel Letellier, Lord Chancellor of France (1603- 1685). Letellier served as Chancellor of France from 1677 and while in office he transformed the royal army into a larger and more professional force. It is by Francois Bertinet, a French sculptor active in the later part of the seventeenth century.


Object details

Category
Coins & Medals
Object type
Medal
Materials and techniques
Gilt bronze
Gilt- Bronze
Engraved
Brief description
Medal, gilt- bronze, portrait of Michel Letellier
Physical description
Medal. gilt bronze. Obv., portrait in relief of Michel Letellier, Chancellor of France, surrounded by a wreath. The reverse is engraved with a shielf of arms and symbols.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5in
Subject depicted
Letellier, Michel
Summary
This gilt bronze medal bears a portrait of Michel Letellier, Lord Chancellor of France (1603- 1685). Letellier served as Chancellor of France from 1677 and while in office he transformed the royal army into a larger and more professional force. It is by Francois Bertinet, a French sculptor active in the later part of the seventeenth century.
Bibliographic references
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1882. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1883. pp. 11
  • Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. London: Spink & Son, 1923. pp.76-7
  • c.f. Hotel de la Monnaie. La Médaille au Temps de Louis XIV. Paris. pp.260 no. 355 and pp. 258, fig. 355
  • c.f. Babelon, J. 'Un médaillon preserve par Berinet'. Revue Numismatique. 1941. pp.55
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
104-1882

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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