Bidspirit auction | Vivier & Durand - Salomon

Vivier & Durand - Salomon Gessner (1730-1788) Swiss painter, engraver, poet, journalist and publisher - Signed: ”VIVIER F.” Bronze; diam.: 41 mm; 38 gr. SALOMON GESSNER / VIVER F (front). NATUS / TURICI / HELVETIORUM / AN.M.DCC.LXXXVII. / OBIIT / AN.M.DCC.LXXXVII. / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIVORUM / ILUSTRIUM. / M.DCCC.XVIII. / DURAND EDIDIT/ (back). The effigy depicted is of Salomon Gessner (1730-1788), a Swiss painter, engraver, poet, journalist and publisher. It is an original work signed by the French medallist Nicolas Marie Vivier (1788- c. 1859) under the edition of Pierre-Amédée Durand (1789-1873).