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LOT 32:
Vivier and Durand
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Salomon Gessner (1730-1788) Swiss painter, engraver, poet, journalist and publisher
Signed: "VIVIER F." Bronze; diam.: 41 mm; 38 gr.
SALOMON GESSNER / VIVER F (front).
NATUS / TURICI / HELVETIORUM / AN.M.DCC.LXXXVII. / OBIIT / AN.M.DCC.LXXXVII. / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIVORUM / ILUSTRIUM. / M.DCCC.XVIII. / DURAND EDIDIT/ (back).
The effigy depicted is of Salomon Gessner (1730-1788), a Swiss painter, engraver, poet, journalist and publisher.
It is an original work signed by the French medallist Nicolas Marie Vivier (1788- c. 1859) under the edition of Pierre-Amédée Durand (1789-1873).
| Weight: | 38 gr |
