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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Iosephus, post: 2599300, member: 71955&quot;]<b>Jacques Boyceau / Landscape with Caterpillars and Butterflies</b></p><p><br /></p><p>by Abraham Dupré, 1624</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.renaissancemedals.com/pics/1098.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.renaissancemedals.com/pics/1098.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.renaissancemedals.com/pics/1098.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><i>Bronze, 71.0 mm Ø</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Bust of Jacques Boyceau facing right, wearing ruff, doublet embroidered with flowers, and cloak. Around, IAQVES · BOICEAV · SR · DE · LA · BARRAVDERIE · (<i>Jacques Boyceau, Lord of Barauderie</i>). Under truncation, AB · DVPRE · F · 1624.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> View of a landscape with caterpillars on the ground and butterflies hovering above. Around, NATVS · HVMI · POST · OPVS · ASTRA · PETO (<i>Born of the Earth, After My Achievement I Reach for the Stars</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Jacques Boyceau de la Barauderie (ca. 1562 - 1633/1638) was <i>Intendant des Jardins</i> (Superintendent of the Gardens) under Henri IV, Marie de&#039; Medici, and Louis XIII. His treatise on gardening, <i>Traité du jardinage, selon les raisons de la nature et de l&#039;art</i>, was published posthumously in 1638.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse has traditionally been interpreted as symbolizing the course of human life, with spiritual rebirth after death. However, Pollard interprets it as simply reflecting Boyceau&#039;s pride in his own achievements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Boyceau was friends with Guillaume Dupré, the father of Abraham, and was godfather to Abraham&#039;s brother Jacques. It is likely that the medal&#039;s commission derived from this friendship, and it was the first medal created by Abraham. Both Boyceau and Dupré came from Huguenot families.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References:</b> Jones n. 72; Pollard (NGA) n. 654[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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