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Medal Design for the Mines at Coetanos: LABORE ET CONSTANTIA

Medal Design for the Mines at Coetanos: LABORE ET CONSTANTIA

1698 - 1762

Studio of Edme Bouchardon

French

Two oval armorial shields, one of the three French fleurs de lis, the other of Coetanos, between which a cornucopia spills out.

Red chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face

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