Bidspirit auction | Jean-Baptiste Salmson (1807-1866) - Torbern

Jean-Baptiste Salmson (1807-1866) - Torbern Olof Bergman (1735-1784) - Signed: ”SALMSON-F.” Bronze; diam.: 42 mm; 39 gr. THORBERNUS BERGMAN / SALMSON·F. (front). NATUS / WESTRO GOTHIA. / AN.M.DCC.XXXV. / OBIIT / AN.M.DCC.LXXXIV. / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM. / M·DCCC·XXVI. / DURAND EDIDIT (back). The effigy depicted is of the Swedish chemist Torbern Olof Bergman (1735-1784). Work by the Swedish medallist Jean-Baptiste Salmson (1807-1866), edited by Pierre-Amédée Durand (1789-1873).