1https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/7322/fullRelief medallion of the duc de Sullyca.1764-1768[Chateau de Lassay]hard-paste porcelainA hard paste porcelain relief medallion of Maximilien de Bethune, duc de Sully made at the Chateau de Lassay, Laboratory of the duc de Brancas, comte de Lauraguais. It has a moulded inscription, "MAX.DE BETHUNE, P.S. D'ENRICHEMONT ET DE BOIS_BELLES, D. SE SULLY". Maximilien Bethune, duc de Sully (1559-1641) was a French statesman who played a major role in the re-organization of the French economy during the reign of Henri IV. He encouraged agriculture and the management of natural resources, hence the motto on the medallion.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/319/rdf