Bidspirit auction | Caqué & Durand - Friedrich

Caqué & Durand - Friedrich Klopstock (1724-1803) German poet - Signed: ”CAQUE. F.” Bronze; diam.: 41 mm; 38 gr. FRIDERICUS KLOPSTOCK / CAQUE. F. (front). NATUS / QUINTILINOBURGI / IN SAXONIA SUPERIORE / AN.M.DCC.XXIV. / OBIIT / AN.M.DCCC.V. / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM / ILLUSTRIUM. / M.DCCC.XX. / DURAND EDIDIT/ (back). The effigy depicted is of the German poet Friedrich Klopstock (1724-1803). It is an original work signed by the French medallist Armand-Auguste Caqué (Saintes 1795 - Paris 1881) under the edition of Pierre-Amédée Durand (1789-1873).