路易十六：《奈梅亨和约》（以及1679年的《圣日耳曼条约》） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	路易十六：《奈梅亨和约》（以及1679年的《圣日耳曼条约》）
品名（英）	Louis XVI: The Peace of Nijmegen (and the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1679)
入馆年号	2019年，2019.283.136
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1679
创作地区
分类	奖章和牌匾（Medals and Plaquettes）
尺寸	Confirmed: 5/16 × 2 7/8 英寸 (0.8 × 7.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	这枚奖章通常被认为是为了纪念1679年结束法荷战争的奈梅亨和平。然而，其背面独特的图像让一些人认为，它可能会纪念同年的《圣日耳曼条约》。路易十四代表他的盟友瑞典谈判该条约，利用法国军事力量的威胁迫使勃兰登堡选帝侯将他在斯堪的纳维亚战争中赢得的土地割让给瑞典。反过来，路易向选帝侯支付了30万人才，以偿还法国欠他的三倍的未偿债务。该条约完全是为了法国和瑞典的利益，是以谨慎和狡猾的方式制定的，并有效地调动了法国的军事盾牌、铁剑和国家的聚宝盆来获得和平。这一概念以寓言的形式出现在奖牌背面，并通过描述性的铭文得到了加强：在盾牌、铁和黄金之下，普律当丝锻造了和平路易十四的宏伟肖像以极高的浮雕作为纪念章，展示了这位奖章获得者艺术的精湛运用。这样一件顶级的作品没有雕刻师的签名是不寻常的。但缺乏签名本身就说明了路易十四奖章历史上的设计师和工匠所具有的高水平的天赋和技能。
介绍（英）	This medal is generally thought to commemorate the Peace of Nijmegen that concluded the Franco-Dutch war in 1679. Yet the distinctive imagery on its reverse has led some to suggest that it may instead commemorate the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of the same year. Louis XIV negotiated that treaty on behalf of his ally Sweden, using the threat of France’s military power to cow the Elector of Brandenburg into ceding back to Sweden the lands he had won in the Scanian War. Louis, in turn, paid the Elector 300,000 talents to settle France’s outstanding debt to him of three times that amount. The treaty, entirely to France and Sweden’s benefit, was devised with prudent cunning and effectively marshalled France’s military shield, sword of iron, and state cornucopia of gold to gain peace. This concept, pictured in allegorical form on the medal’s reverse, is reinforced by the descriptive inscription: Beneath a shield, iron, and gold, Prudence forges peace. The magnificent portrait of Louis XIV is in extremely high relief for a struck medal revealing a virtuosic application of the medallist’s art. It is unusual for such a superlative work not to have been signed by its engraver. But the lack of signature in itself speaks to the high level of talent and skill typical of the designers and artisans who worked on the medallic history of Louis XIV (Histoire métallique du Roy).