Pièce Commémorative d'un Mariage by Pierre-Philippe Choffard - Eternal Love

Pièce Commémorative d’un Mariage

Pièce Commémorative d’un Mariage c1780 by French Engraver Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730 – 1809) from a painting by French Painter François Boucher (1703 – 1770).

Pièce Commémorative d’un Mariage or Commemorative Coin of a Wedding is an engraving that depicts two large coins on a table standing on there edges with the letters H and B surrounded by laurel leafs around there perimeter.

On the top of the coins, that also covers the table is a large cloth that has doves perched on top with their wings spread, as well as other doves on the table and flying through the air with strings of roses that reach into the heavens where an angel is sitting on a large cloud with a torch in his right hand lighting a large urn that is on the table as well.

Leaning against the urn is a lyre or hand held harp, a vase on its side and more flowers and doves.

This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image.

Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org

Pierre was born in Paris, France in 1731 and from an early age showed an aptitude for drawing flowers and ornament, and was thus placed under the mentorship of the French map engraver and scientific illustrator Guillaume Dheulland (1700 – 1770).

He also trained under the French engraver Pierre-Edmé Babel (1720 – 1775); and is believed to have also received some training from French engravers Nicolas Edelinck (1681 – 1767), Jean-Joseph Balechou (1715 – 1765) and Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1715 – 1790).

Then from 1753 to 1756 he undertook the task of engraving the cartouches of maps and then engravings for invitation, address cards and book-plates; which secured him the commission to create the celebrated edition of the ‘Contes’ of La Fontaine, which was published by the Fermiers-Généraux in 1762.

He created more works from this point forward some minor and major works and over the next 47 years of his career as an engraver, he would cement his reputation as the designer of ornaments that had no equal.