Pierre-François LE ROY (1739-1812)
Josephus II.Caes.Aug.1781
Portrait-medallion in bronze with brown patina
Signed below in the center P.F.Leroy.f(ecit).


To make this medallion, Le Roy
was
inspired by the portrait of Joseph II engraved by Theodore van Berckel (1739-1808) in 1781, for the striking of medals on the occasion of the Emperor's Joyful Entry into various cities in the Netherlands. One of these medallions commemorates the solemn inauguration of Joseph II as Count of Namur on 27 August 1781. The King met Joseph II during an audience he granted him on 5 June 1781 at the Hôtel d'Harscamp in Namur.