QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN |
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GUGLIELMADA, Giovanni Battista: Sweden, ca. 1680,
Bronze, 41 mm In 1679 Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689), while in
Rome, proposed to commission a series of 118 medals which would record her
life. This group of medals was to rival the extensive medallic series of
Louis XIV of France, l'Histoire Metallique de Louis XIV. The sun was used by both Christina and Louis XIV as a personal
symbol, but on her medals Christina attempted to outdo the emblematic sun
used by the king. |
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