1816 AD., France, Galerie Metallique des Grand Hommes Francais series, bronze medal on Marie Rabutin de Sevigne by Raymond Gayrard, Paris mint, official restrike of 1972 AD.
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France, Galerie Metallique des Grand Hommes Francais series, medal on Marie Rabutin de Sevigne by Raymond Gayrard, Paris mint, original strike 1816 AD., official restrike of 1972 AD.,
Medal (ø 41 mm / 42,14 g), bronze, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge with punch (cornucopia) BR 1972,
Obv.: MARIE RABUTIN – DE SÉVIGNE / GAYRARD F. , her draped bust facing left, engraver´s signature below under shoulder.
Rev.: NEE / EN M.DC.XXVI / A BOURBILLY / EN BOURGOGNE / MORTE / EN M.DC.LXXXXVI / GALERIE MAETALLIQUE DES GRANDS HOMMES FRANCAIS / 1816 , nine line biographical legend.
cf. Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Collections: GLAHM 16412 .
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696) was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her daughter. She is revered in France as one of the great icons of French literature.
Galerie Metallique Des Grands Hommes Francais: a large series of portrait medals produced in France beginning in 1816, by leading medallists of the day. At least 119 people were honoured. The metallic gallery of great French men was the brainchild of Louis Bérard (1783-1859), a politician active during the reign of Napoleon and the Restoration. As an antidote to the humiliation of France at Waterloo in 1815, the series of medals was an evocation of the past greatness of French cultural and scientific achievements; political and military figures with Revolutionary, Imperial, or Monarchical identities were excluded.
The series began in 1816, as a not-for-profit corporation capitalized by a group of wealthy individuals, each of whom contributed 500 francs to the project. Twenty-two artists engraved portrait obverses for the series, By 1837, medals of 118 individuals were included in a published listing; one additional one was added the next year, bearing the identification as a supplement to the series.
Raymond Gayrard, né à Rodez en 1777 et mort à Paris le 5 mai 1858 est un sculpteur et médailleur français.
Son fils Paul Joseph Raymond Gayrard, dit Raymond Gayrard est un sculpteur.
Le catalogue de la Monnaie de Paris répertorie 28 médailles.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_Rabutin-Chantal,_marquise_de_Sévigné , https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Gayrard_(père)
No. Person Artist Year Edge/metal
1 ?
2 d’Aguesseau, François Caqué 1821
3 d’Alembert, Jean Depaulis 1824
4 Amyot, Jacques Depaulis 1819
5 d’Anville, J. B. Bourguignon Caqué 1821
6 Arnauld, Antoine Depaulis 1817
7 Audran, Gerard Petit 1822
8 Bailly, J. Sylvain Montagny 1821
9 Bayle, Pierre Caunois 1819
9 Bayle, Pierre Caunois 1819 Cast white metal
10 ?
11 ?
12 ?
13 Bichat, M. F. Xavier Dubour 1826
13 Bichat, M. F. Xavier Dubour 1826 1967 cornucopia BR
14 N. Boileau Despreaux Caunois 1817
15 Bossuet, J. Benigne Gayrard 1816
16 Bourdaloue, Louis Vivier 1820
17 de La Bruyère, Jean Petit 1819
18 Buffon, G. L. Leclercq de Gatteaux 1817
19 Cassini, Jean Dominique Gatteaux 1825
20 Catinat, Nicholas Domard 1823
21 ?
22 Chevert, François Caqué 1821
23 Colbert, J. Baptiste Depaulis 1826
24 Coligny, Gaspard de Gayrard 1821
25 Commines, Philippe de Vatinelle 1822
25 Commines, Philippe de Vatinelle 1822 silvered white metal
25 Commines, Philippe de Vatinelle 1822 cast lead
26 ?
27 Condé, Louia II de Boubon Caunois 1823
28 Crébillon, P. Jolyot de Depaulis 1818
29 Cujas, Jacques Pingret 1821
30 Delille, Jacques Petit 1821
31 De l’Orme, Philibert Gatteaux 1829
32 Desaix, L. C. Ant. Caunois 1820
33 Descartes, René Galle 1819
34 ?
35 Destouches, Ph. Nericault Caunois 1816
36 Diderot, Denis Domard 1817
37 Duclos, Charles Donadio 1821
38 Du Guay-Trouin, René Caqué 1819
39 ?
40 ?
41 Edelinck, Gérard Gatteaux 1824
42 Favart, C. Simon Vivier 1818
43 Fénélon, F.D.S. de la Motte Gayrard 1829
44 Fermat, Pierre Desboeufs 1822
45 Fernel, Jean Depaulis 1822
46 Fléchier, Esprit Domard 1820
47 Fontenelle, B. Le Bouyer de Donadio 1819
48 Gassendi, Pierre Vatinelle 1818
49 Gerbier, J. Baptiste Dubois 1819
50 Grétry, A. E. Modeste Gayrard 1818
51 Héloise Gayrard 1819
52 Hoche, Lazare Gayrard 1821
53 ?
54 Jeannin, Pierre Gayrard / Dupré 1817
55 Jussieu, Bernard de Depaulis 1823
56
57 Lagrange, Joseph Louis Donadio 1818
58 La Harpe, J. François de Petit 1822
59 Lannes, Jean Gayrard 1823
60 Lavoisier, A. Laurent Caqué 1821
61 ?
62 Le Brun, P. D. Ecouchard Petit 1821
63 Le Sage, Alain René Vivier 1821
64 Le Sueur, Eustache Leclerc 1829
65 L’Hopital, Michel de Caunois 1817
66 Malesherbes, C. G. L. Galle 1819
67 Mansart, J. Hardouin Masson 1817
68 Marmontel, J. François Petit 1820
69 Marot, Clément Gayrard 1818
70 Masséna, André Gatteaux 1822
71 Massillon, J. Baptiste Caunois 1819
72 Mézeray, F. Eudes de Caunois 1817
73 Mignard, Pierre Domard 1817 silver
73 Mignard, Pierre Domard 1817
74 Mirabeau, G. H. R. de Gatteaux 1822
75 Molé, Mathieu Domard 1821
76 Molière, Poquelin de Gayrard 1816
77 Monge, Gaspard Gatteaux 1822
78 Montaigne, Michel de Gatteaux 1817 silver
78 Montaigne, Michel de Gatteaux 1817
79 Montesquieu, C. S. de Caunois 1817
80 Montgolfier, Etienne Caqué 1821
81 Paré, Ambroise Depaulis 1819
82 Parny, Evariste Caqué 1822
83 Pascal, Blaise Dubois 1817
83 Pascal, Blaise Dubois 1817 silver, cornucopia
84 Perronet, J. Rudolphe Dubois 1821
85 Piron, Alexis Masson 1817
86 Poussin, Nicolas Dubois 1817
87 ?
88 Puget, Pierre Gatteaux 1817
89 Quinault, Philippe Vivier 1822
90 Rabelais, François Gatteaux 1818
91 Racine, Jean Andrieu 1817
92 Raynal, G. Thomas Gayrard 1825
93 Regnard, J. François Dubois 1818
94 Richelieu, A. J. Du Plessis Gatteaux 1821
95 ?
96 Rollin, Charles [Jaley] 1818
97 Rotrou, Jean Masson 1818
98 Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste Vivier 1819
99 ?
100 Serres, Olivier de Donadio 1821
101 Sévigné, Marie Rabutin de Gayrard 1816
102 Staël, Anne L. G. Necker de Gatteaux 1829
103 Suger, L’Abbé Depaulis 1820
104 Sully, Max. de Bethune de Domard 1822
105 ?
106 Thou, J. Auguste de Rogat 1817
107 Tourville, A. M. de Costentin Pingret 1823
108 Turenne, H. de la Tour de Gayrard 1819
109 Turgot, A. R. Jacques Desboeufs 1821
110 Vauban, S. Leprestre de Petit 1819
111 Vaucanson, Jacques de Pingret 1820
112 Vernet, Joseph Petit 1818
113 Villars, L. Hector de Caqué 1821
114 Vincent de Paul Gatteaux 1821
115 Visconti, En. Quirinus Donadio 1818
116 Volney, C. F. C. de Caqué 1822
117 Voltaire, Arouet de Caunois 1817
118 Varin, Jean Gatteaux 1820
Supplément à la Galerie Numismatique des Grands Hommes Français par les soins de G. de Pixerécourt
119 Callot, Jacques Caqué 1838
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