Christine of France Work of Abraham Dupré, 1637. Bronze, 107.6 mm Ø, 71.5 g Obverse: Bust of Christine of France facing left, crowned, wearing jewels, descending lace collar, and mantle decorated with fleurs-de-lis. Around, CHRISTIA . A FRANCIA DV / A SAB . REG : CYPRI (Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy, Queen of Cyprus). In small text within the beginning of the inscription, A B DVPRE F 1637 . Christine Marie of France (b. 1606) was the third child of King Henri IV and his wife Marie de' Medici. She married Victor Amadeus I of Savoy in 1619, who became Duke of Savoy upon his father's death in 1630 and assumed the title of King of Cyprus in 1632. Upon his passing in 1637, Christine ruled as regent until 1648 and maintained de facto rule of Savoy until her death in 1663. The portrait on this medal is virtually the same as the right facing bust of Christine created by Abraham's father, Guillaume Dupré, for a smaller medal of 1635. Provenance: Ex Ernst Otto Horn collection. References: Rouhette and Tuzio 2008, no. 92
Really stunning work, thanks. Do you know if Abraham was related to Augustin Dupré who engraved the French coins of the mid 1800's?
I've wondered that myself, but could never find any mention of a relation between Guillaume/Abraham and Augustin, so I believe they were not related. For the heck of it, here's the only medal of Augustin Dupré that I own: Nope, the medal is uniface (though there is an incuse version of the obverse as a byproduct of the creation of the medal).
