THE PSEUDO SIMONS (17th Century )
THOMAS SIMON (worked from c.1660)

Charles II rare silver Restoration medal (c. 1660 London)

Charles II rare silver Restoration medal (London)

Item Medium Description

Silver

Item Diameter

1.35inch

Converted Diameter

3.43 cm

Current Item Condition

Some surface marks and minor dents but otherwise the images are almost Extremely Fine and lightly toned

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

Beautifully executed struck silver medal by Thomas Simon to celebrate the restoration of the Stuarts to the throne .
Obverse: Bust of Charles II looking right with long flowing hair, broad falling lace collar, armour and mantle tied on the shoulder in a knot.
Legend: CAROLUS . II . D : G . MAGNAE . BRIT . FRA . ET . HIB . REX. Reverse: Three crowns on the branches of a leafless oak and above, the sun bursting through clouds. Legend: TANDEM REVIRESCET. (It will flourish at last). This medal, when struck, is generally composed of two pieces of metal (in this case silver), which are united by a broad rim and furnished with a ring for suspension.

(See Medallic Illustrations vol. I, p. 453/38).

The leafless oak tree represents Royalty deprived of its honours and the legend expresses an assurance that it will again put forth leaves and flourish. In 1885, Medallic Illustrations rated this medal as "rare".

THE SIMONS

Type	Artist/Maker
Country of origin	Netherlands
Born	1600
Died	1699

17TH C FLEMISHThe artist was probably an Antwerp painter. More than a hundred works of his are known today and apparently all are unsigned.

According to the Curator of the Department of Old Netherlands Paintings at the Netherlands Institute for Art History, Professor Fred G Meijer, this 17th Century painting is attributed to the Pseudo Simons.

" The style and handling of the fruit and flowers appears to be those of a (probably) Antwerp artist, by whom one hundred paintings are known today, but who apparently never signed, as a result has not been identified properly as yet. For the last decade or so, he (or she) has been termed, 'pseudo Simons', since quite a few of his works have turned up on the art market with the attributions to Michiel Simons. Stylistically, his work is closer to that of the Antwerp painter Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Elder.

SIMON

Type	Artist/Maker
Country of origin	England
Started working	Circa 1660

Thomas Simon was an eminent engraver with enormous skill, particularly in the execution of delicacy of detail. Having been "Sole Chief Engraver and Medall-Maker" to the Protector during the Commonwealth, he was deprived of his office at the Restoration but at the same time made Engraver of His Majesty's Seals.

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