Radiant Sun over a Landscape [reverse] 1634

This 1634 gold medal by French artist Guillaume Dupré depicts a radiant sun, personified with a human face, emerging from a field of clouds. The sun’s rays are shown as emanating from the head. The artist uses intricate detail to create a three-dimensional appearance of the sun, clouds and landscape depicted in the foreground. Dupré was a skilled medalist, known for his finely rendered works of art. The reverse of this medal features a landscape with a city.