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25 October 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 5000 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 56

FRANCE. Marie de’Medici, Queen consort of France, 1600-1610. Medal (Silver, 53.7 mm, 65.82 g, 12 h), by Guillaume Dupré, undated but circa 1625. MARIA AVG.GALL.ET NAVAR.REGINA (retrograde) Bust of Marie to right, wearing tiara, earring, pearl necklace, pendant cross, and an elaborate ruff attached to robes of lace; below shoulder truncation, G.DVPRE.F. Rev. LAETA DEVM PARTV (happy in the birth of the gods) Marie, as Kybele, standing facing amongst her children, all in classical dress; from left to right, Louis XIII (as Jupiter with his eagle), Henrietta Maria (as Amphritite with a dolphin), Christine (as Diana in hunting dress), Elizabeth (as Juno with her peacock) and Gaston (as Hercules with his club). BNF royale 389. Jones 61. An original cast of very high quality, toned and most attractive. Nearly extremely fine.



Marie de’ Medici (1575-1642) was a very willful and strong woman, apparently a great beauty in her youth, who married Henry IV in 1600, after he repudiated his first wife, Margaret of Valois, la reine Margot, who actually became friends with Marie. Marie bore Henry six children, five of whom appear on the reverse of this medal, which was struck during a period of reconciliation between her and her son. She had been exiled in 1617, only being able to return to the court in 1621. There was increasing tension between Marie and Richelieu leading to her attempted coup in 1630: she was taken and exiled to Compiègne but escaped to Brussels in 1631, then moving to Amsterdam in 1638. She finally died in Cologne in 1642.

Online bidding closes: 25 Oct 2011, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 10:32:48 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold

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