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Guillaume Dupré (about 1579-1640), court medallist to Henry IV, undertook medallic portrait commissions in Italy from 1612. Dupré's grasp of the Italian tradition, together with his considerable technical skills, enabled him to cast medals in a style that proved influential on succeeding generations of French medallists.","physicalDescription":"This medal depicts a portrait bust of Marie de Medici on the obverse and, on the reverse, Marie de Medici as a goddess with Jupiter, Amphitrite and other gods and goddesses. It is not a particularly good cast (especially looking at the reverse). 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Vol I</u>. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 38"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jones, Mark. <u>Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum</u>, Vol II, 1600-1672. London: 1988, pp. 100-101, Nos 61"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cohen, Sarah R. <u>Ruben's France: Gender and Personification in the Marie de Medicis Cycle</u>. 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