1894 French Art Nouveau Medal by O. Roty "Funeral of President Carnot" [Patina]

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1894 French Art Nouveau Medal by O. Roty "Funeral of President Carnot" [Patina]
1894 French Art Nouveau Medal by O. Roty "Funeral of President Carnot" [Patina]
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This classic  bronze plaque is about 57 mm by 80 mm; it weighs 139.7 grams.  Produced in 1894 for the funeral of the French President Sadi Carnot, the face contains a standing woman (Marianne) looking at the reposing body of President Carnot.  It also contains the date June 24, 1894 and the words "Mourning Nation."  The reverse shows the coffin of the President being carried by the pall bearers towards the Pantheon where he was to be buried.  The edge contains the word bronze and the appropriate French Hallmark.  (F 4683)
Most of the Carnot medals on sale on Ebay have been cleaned.  This one has its full, deep patina.
Louis-Oscar Roty was born in Paris in 1846 and died in 1911. He studied painting as well as sculpture and was pupil to Lecoq de Boisboudran, Dumont and Ponscarme. In 1872 Roty competed for the Prix de Rome for which he received a second prize award, and beginning in 1873 he exhibited at the Salon. Roty received the Grand Rrix de Rome in 1875 and spent three years in Italy before returning to Paris. In 1888 he was appointed professor and in 1897 President
of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1889 he was awarded a Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 1905 he received a medal of honour at the Salon. . His works are to be found in all European museums, a great number of his medals and plaques can be viewed in the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Musée Oscar Roty in Jargeau/France.
We have a large collection of medals, all acquired in France over many trips and brought back with us to the United States.  We are selling virtually all of them with NO RESERVE.
And, of course, I combine shipping when you purchase multiple lots.
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