Lot 147

LOUIS XVI POLYCHROME PAINTED AND GILT PEWTER MEDALLION IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS COMPIGNE
LATE 18TH CENTURY

Auction: 20 March 2019 at 11:00 GMT
£1,000
Description
depicting Henri IV and Maximilien de Bethune, 1st Duke of Sully, with a plaque inscribed RELEVEZ ... MAIS RELEVEZ VOUS, DONC ROSNY ILS VONT CROIRE QUE JE VOUS PARDONNE; in a carved ebony frame
Dimensions
11.5cm diameter
Footnote
Note: The scene depicted is taken from the frontispiece engraving by Hubert Francois Gravelot in Charles Colle's comedy La Partie de Chasse de Henri IV.
Thomas Compigne specialised in small scenes depicting famous chateaux or village scenes. He was named tabletier du Roi in 1773.
