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Visit of the French Royal Family to the Monnaie des Médailles in Paris
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Visit of the French Royal Family to the Monnaie des Médailles in Paris

Jean Jacques Barre · 1833 · striking (metalworking); bronze (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Bronze medal. Obverse: two portrait medallions: in the left medallion, a bust of a man with an oak wreath within the legend; in the right medallion, a bust of a woman within the legend; between the two medallions stands a winged woman holding an oak branch above the left medallion and a flower branch above the right medallion; below, a lion's head and two winged genii holding a crowned coat of arms above a banner with an inscription. Reverse: two medallions and two plaquettes with portraits; between them genii, angels, and winged mermaids; in the upper medallion: bust of a woman within the legend; in the lower medallion: bust of a man and a woman within the legend; in the left plaquette: bust of two boys and a girl within the legend; in the right plaquette: bust of two boys and a girl within the legend.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBezoek van de Franse koninklijke familie aan de Monnaie des Medailles te Parijs. 1833. Jean Jacques Barre. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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