Summary

Portrait medal of Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) by Etienne Dubois. One of the Galerie Metallique des Grand Hommes Francais series. Minted in Paris, 1817.

Obverse Description

Draped bust facing left; around,NICHOLAS POUSSIN.; below in smaller lettering the artist's name, DUBOIS F.

Reverse Description

Legend in eight lines: NE / AU ANDELY /EN M.D.XCIV. / MORT / EN M.DC.LXV / GALERIE METALLIQUE / DES GRAND HOMMES FRANCAIS. / 1817.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

French Baroque painter who spent much of his career in Rome

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