Lot n° 437
Estimation :
60 - 80
EUR
MARIE-ANTOINETTE, runner-up of France. - Lot 437
MARIE-ANTOINETTE, runner-up of France.
Large round medallion, in repoussé pewter signed Fontaine, representing the future sovereign in bust with her head turned to the right, surmounted by a ribboned tie with a garland of flowers and the inscription "Marie-Antoinette archduchess of Austria dauphine of France". Good condition.
French work from the end of the 19th century.
Diameter: 16, 5 cm.
Reference: see another version of this medallion at the Musée du Louvre in the medal cabinet, illustrated in the book "Les portraits de Marie-Antoinette" by Albert Vuaflart, André Marty edition, 1910, plate VI.