JEAN WARIN

DUFOUR, Jean-Baptiste: France, 1684, Bronze, 52 mm
Obv: Bust of Jean Warin    IEAN. VARIN. CONER. DESTAT. INTEND. GL. D. BATS. E. D. MOES. D.F
Rev: Medallic Art flanked by Painting and Sculpture. The center figure, representing Medal Making, is holding a portrait medal of Warin.    .VNE. SEVLE. SVFF ISOIT. POVR. LE. RENDRE. IMMORTAL. (A Single One Would Have Sufficed to Render Him Immortal)
Exergue:  MDC.LXXXIIII
Signed:  DV FOVR
Rare
Ref: The Medal, Summer 1987, #21 ; Jones Vol. 2, Fig. 33, p.181

Dufour was a pupil of Warin. The inscription on the reverse refers to Warin's conception of himself as master of all arts.
For a brief biography of the great French medallist Jean Warin, see the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

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