A Collection of European Art Medals


796


FRANCE, La Source, or Chloé à la vasque, 1898, a bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, naked girl stands drinking from an ornate fountain, rev. cherub on rock-face, right hand in water which plunges into a pool below, 66 x 36mm (Maier 120; PBE 321; Coll. R. Marx 327-8; CGMP p.175; Jones, Art of the Medal, 328; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 66; cf. DNW M11, 1803). Charming style, good very fine


£70-£90


797


FRANCE, Jeunesse, 1899 [issued 1900], a bronze plaque by J.-P. Legastelois for the SAMF, bust of a girl right, rev. irises, edge stamped 283, 60 x 47mm (Maier 1; PBE 529; Classens 60; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 21; Coll. R. Marx 89; BDM III, 372; cf. Baldwin 81, 3520). Very fine, rare


£150-£200


Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1855-1931), the Parisian sculptor and medallist, studied under Oscar Roty; his Jeunesse was the first issue of the new Société des Amis de la Médaille Française, founded by the art critic Roger Marx (1859-1914) in February 1899. The SAMF was responsible for 63 different medals during its short life (ceasing to exist in 1910, with the last medals distributed in May 1920), and Marx was responsible for engaging some of the most celebrated fin de siècle French medallists to design them; being limited issues, all are rare


798


FRANCE, Junon et Psyché, 1899 [issued 1900], a bronze medal by F. Levillain for the SAMF, robed figure of Juno holding the severed head of Argus, dripping blood, peacock at right, rev. naked female representing Psyche seated under tree at the entrance to the underworld, head in her hands, the dog Cerberus barking at right, 47mm, edge stamped 283 (Maier 2; PBE 565; Coll. R. Marx 91; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 22; BDM III, 426; cf. Baldwin 90, 1960). Softly worked, very fine, rare


£200-£260


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