Jacques Boiceau, Sieur de la Baroderie
Medal
1624 (made)
1624 (made)
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Jacques Boiceau was Intendant des Jardins under Louis XIII. His Traité du jardinage selon les raisons de la nature et de l'art, posthumously published in 1638, was influential on the development of garden design in seventeenth-century France.
This is the first medallic work by Abraham Dupré.
This is the first medallic work by Abraham Dupré.
Object details
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| Title | Jacques Boiceau, Sieur de la Baroderie |
| Materials and techniques | cast bronze |
| Brief description | Jacques Boiceau, cast bronze medal, French 17th century, by Abraham Dupré, 1624 |
| Physical description | Cast bronze medal. The obverse bears the portrait of Boiceau to the right, wearing a ruff and a cloak over an embroidered doublet. The reverse presents a landscape, with six caterpillars or silk worms crawling on the ground and six silk moths or butterflies flying in the air, and a town in the background. |
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| Credit line | Salting bequest |
| Object history | This object came to the Museum through the Salting bequest in 1910. Historical significance: This is the first medallic work by Abraham Dupré, Guillaume Dupré's fourth child. This commission must derive from the sitter's friendly connection with the family, as he was godfather to Jacques Dupré, brother of this medal's maker. Jones notes that this medal 'shows a promise as a medallist that was never to be fulfilled' (1988, p.111). Duplicates of this medal exist in the British Museum in London, the Koninklijk Kabinet von Munten, Pennungen en Gesneden Stenen in Leiden, the Kunsthistorisches in Vienna, the National Gallery of Washington |
| Historical context | Jacques Boiceau was Intendant des Jardins under Louis XIII. His Traité du jardinage selon les raisons de la nature et de l'art, posthumously published in 1638, was influential on the development of garden design in seventeenth-century France. |
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| Summary | Jacques Boiceau was Intendant des Jardins under Louis XIII. His Traité du jardinage selon les raisons de la nature et de l'art, posthumously published in 1638, was influential on the development of garden design in seventeenth-century France. This is the first medallic work by Abraham Dupré. |
| Associated object | 828-1900 (Version) |
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| Accession number | A.365-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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