Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

WORLD ART MEDALS France, Claude Joseph Rouget d’Lisle, bronze medal by David d’Angers, 1833, 147mm (cf. David d’Angers, Exhibt. cat., Paris, 1966, p. 59, 68). Extremely fine (£120-150)

Rouget de l’Isle (1760-1836), author of La Marseillaise. David produced this medal in 1833 in honour of Rouget de l’Isle, then aged 73 and living on a meagre pension. It is one of his finest portraits and full of character and pathos.
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