A Selection of French Art Medals
418, Lot: 562. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. Æ Medal (73x67mm, 156.6 g, 12h).
Noces d’argent. By René Baudichon. Male and female figures seated left beneath tree, the former holding cane; countryside in background / Nude youth, facing away, picking apple from tree to left. EF.
Collector’s note: “René Baudichon (1878-1963) was a medalist who learned his trade under the great masters Barries, Sicard, Vernon, and Roty.”