E-auction 571-516069 - fme_515109 - LOUIS XV THE BELOVED Médaille, Mariage du dauphin
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 13 € |
| Maximum bid : | 13 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 March 2024 20:22:40 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Mariage du dauphin
Date: 1770
Metal : silver
Diameter : 34,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Benjamin Duvivier (1728-1819)
Weight : 18,16 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire nettoyé. Forte usure. Présence de coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. AUG. DELPHINI ET M. A. JOS. II. IMP. SOROR..
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés du Dauphin Louis, à gauche, et de Marie-Antoinette, à droite ; à l’exergue en deux lignes : DIE XVI. MAII / MDCCLXX, signé : ROTTIER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACRUM AETERNÆ CONCORDIÆ PIGNUS.
Reverse description : La France et l'Autriche se congratulant en arrière plan ; devant, le dauphin Louis à droite prenant la main de Marie-Antoinette au-dessus d'un autel. Signature B. DUV. ; à l'exergue en deux lignes : M. A. AUST. L. DELPH. NUPT. / XVI MAII MDCCLXX..
Reverse translation : (Le gage d'une Concorde éternelle et sacrée/ Mariage de Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche et de Louis Dauphin 1770).
Commentary
Âgé de soixante ans, Louis XV, ayant perdu son fils Louis en 1765, voulait marier le dauphin, le futur Louis XVI, âgé de seize ans. Il lui fit épouser la fille de l'impératrice Marie-Thérèse et de l'empereur François Ier : Marie-Antoinette, âgée de quinze ans. Marie-Antoinette était également la sœur de l'empereur Joseph II (1765-1790). Le mariage eut lieu le 16 mai 1770 dans la chapelle du château de Versailles. L’opéra, réalisé par Jacques-Ange Gabriel est inauguré à cette occasion.
Historical background
LOUIS XV THE BELOVED
(1/09/1715-10/05/1774)
Louis XV succeeded Louis XIV on September 1, 1715 and Philippe d'Orléans was sole regent. The quadruple alliance in 1717 aims to maintain the European balance with France, Austria, England and the United Provinces. During his visit to France, Tsar Peter I signed a bilateral treaty of understanding. In 1718, Abbé Dubois became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sacred Archbishop of Cambrai in 1720, Prime Minister in 1722, he died on August 10, 1723. France declared war on Spain in 1719 to prevent Philip V from overthrowing the Regent. The capture of San Sebastian and Hondarribia marks the end of hostilities. In 1720, Philippe V joined the Quadruple Alliance and renounced the throne of France by the Treaty of Madrid. The first Masonic lodge was founded in France in 1721. Louis XV was crowned at the age of 12 on October 25, 1722. On February 15, 1723, he was declared of age. The regent is replaced by the Duke of Bourbon who becomes prime minister. Philippe d'Orléans died on December 2.
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