A damascened bronze medal of Louis XIV and the Arts, Michel Mollart, Paris, circa 1691-97

with bust-length profile image of the King within Latin inscription, the reverse with Abundance surrounded by putti emblematic of the Arts, also with Latin inscriptions, signed MOLLART FECIT on reverse.

Sabine Bourgey, Paris, 2011

obverse 3 o'clock with a roughness to edge, reverse with minor nicks to gilding at high spots, otherwise good
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Michel Mollart, a sculptor specializing in ivory carving and a medalist, was active in Paris from 1684 to 1703, before returning to his native Dieppe. His medals were often based on others' models. From 1691 to 1697 he made inscriptions for the bronze medals for the Académie Royale for the Grande Histoire of Louis XIV. 

A portrait of Louis XIV carved in ivory, also signed MOLLART Fecit, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. A related bronze plaquette was also produced, an example of which (probably a late cast) is in the Musée national de la Renaissance at Ecouen.