Bronze Medal - Henri IV Marie De Medici And The Dauphin - Circa 1605 - Guillaume Dupré

Bronze Medal "Henri IV, Marie de Medici and the Dauphin" Circa 1605 Signed Guillaume Dupré The composition represents a redesign and clarification of a smaller medal that Dupré made in 1603 to celebrate the heir of Henri IV. The dauphin, future Louis XIII, stands between his parents, dressed as Mars and Minerva. With one foot planted on a dolphin's head, his usual attribute, the dolphin wears his father's helmet. Henri IV was already very impressed by the previous medal and issued letters patent authorizing Dupré to make as many copies in as many materials as he wished. Dupré obviously understood that his rights included the redesign and enlargement of the design. Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/207783 A similar copy of the reverse, enlarged from 1605, as well as a single-sided specimen of the obverse were put up for auction in 1988, the obverse went to the British Museum which already had a reverse, and the reverse to the Metropolitan Museum, very similar to my copy, see the 4th photo, which is a photo of the MET medal. Diameter: 18 cm