GATTEAUX, Nicolas-Marie

Paris 1751 - Paris 1832

DUVIVIER, Benjamin

Paris 1730 - Paris 1819

Obverse by Gatteaux, reverse by B. Duvivier. Identification of author of obverse (Gatteaux) by Lara Cavallo, intern from Ecole du Louvre, Paris, June 2017.

Louis XVI / Traité de Paix de Paris 

Louis XVI / The Peace Treaty of Paris

1783

bronze

medal and plaquette

Dimensions (HxWxD): D. 1 ⁵⁄₈; weight: 0,077 lbs

obverse:
around the circumference: LUD XVI REX CHRISTIANISS
signed at lower: GATTEAUX
reverse:
around the circumference: PAIX FRANCIAM INTER ET ANGLIAM
inscribed at lower: VERSALLIS / MDCCLXXXIII
signed at lower: DUVIV.

Acc. No.: 2001.87.26867

Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871

Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery / http://artgallery.yale.edu

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain; © Artist : public domain

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Art Gallery

artgallery.yale.edu

Provenance

• 2001, Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection
• Gift of Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871

Bibliography

• Museum's website (accessed June 2017)

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