"Voltaire, Carved Oak Medallion, Late 18th Century"
Beautiful carved oak medallion, representing Voltaire in a bronze frame. Voltaire is well represented, in a very fine and well-balanced way, the details are treated with care. The bronze frame is later and 19th century. Voltaire, whose real name is François-Marie Arouet, born on November 21, 1694 in Paris where he died on May 30, 1778, is a French writer and philosopher, enjoying international fame during his lifetime and considered today as an emblematic and central figure of the Enlightenment. Beautiful medallion that can complete a collection of miniatures or physionotrace. diameter of the carved wood: 10.5cms diameter of the bronze frame: 12cms 
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