6th series - Les Gavroches bronze sculpture
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1977
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6th series - Les Gavroches bronze sculpture
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The bronze sculpture Les Gavroches was made by the renowned Maltese artist Antonio Sciortino. This work of art, which depicts three poor children in tattered clothes, was inspired by Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables". Hugo describes the life of three poor street urchins living in the streets of Paris at the time of the 1848 revolution. Sciortino made this bronze sculpture in Rome and it was brought to Malta in 1907. The bozzetto of the sculpture was given as a gift by the Government of Malta to Princess Elizabeth - later Queen Elizabeth II - when she visited the islands in 1951. Until some years ago it was displayed at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta.
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Type
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Denomination
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Diameter (mm)
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Gross Weight (g)
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Finesse
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Designer
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Mint
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Mintage
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Gold BU
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Lm100
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34
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31.96
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0.916
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Pietro Giampaoli
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Malta Mint
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Gold Proof
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Lm100
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34
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31.96
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0.916
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Pietro Giampaoli
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Malta Mint
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515
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