Art Nouveau silver medal by Roty,1888: a Country Lady

Art Nouveau silver medal by Roty,1888: a Country Lady

Start price	19.99 USD
Current price	97.0 USD
Start time	06/15/2008
End time	06/22/2008
Bid count	8
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Art Nouveau silver medal by Roty,1888: a Country Lady (starting price: USD $19.99 NO RESERVE) Obv/ A Country Lady, standing to the left is feeding animals in her Poultry-Yard Rev/ Around a Country Crown, there's a legend: "Comice Agricole de l'Entre Deux Mers.Cantons de Creon et du Crabon Blanc" Information and bibliography: This nice solid silver medal was engraved ca.1888 by Oscar Roty (1846-1911) . 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, from 1873 he exhibited at the Salon. Roty received the Grand Prix 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 and was created Officer of the Legion of Honor the same year. In 1905 he received a medal of honour at the Salon. He became a Commander of the Legion of Honor which crowned a very successful career. His works are to be found in all European museums, a great number of his medals and plaquettes can be viewed in the Kunsthalle Hamburg. Comment: This nice solid silver medal is very interesting for many reasons, as well as it is a lovely masterpiece than Oscar Roty met the complete success with the "Sower Lady" (La Semeuse) a few years later (1897), and this medal makes think so much about this other coming masterpiece... This medal is in a very beautiful condition (very close to a Mint Grade) . It has a nice silvered grey patina and it is still in its Original Box . On the edge : " Argent " (Silver) and an edge mark: a " cornucopia". This mark indicates this medal was struck after 1880 .This medal is NOT A RESTRIKE and was struckca.1888. est. $80/100 & NO RESERVE My NO RESERVE SALES are my way to thank you for trusting my eBay Business, Merci Beaucoup ! Diameter :36mm (i-e about 1 inch 1/2) For payment, I prefer PayPal!!! Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal! function dw(nu){document.write(s1+"ppsl"+nu+".gif"+s2);} f1="document.links"; s1="\"; c1=c2=c3=c4=0; for(i=0;i=0){c1++;}else if(((document.links[i].search)).indexOf("BetterSeller")>=0){c2++;}else if((((document.links[i].search)).indexOf("ListItemForSaleShow")>=0)||(((document.links[i].search)).indexOf("ListItemForSaleAutosShow")>=0)){c3++;}else if((((document.links[i].hash)).indexOf("ListItemForSaleShow")>=0)||(((document.links[i].hash)).indexOf("ListItemForSaleAutosShow")>=0)){c4++;}}} if((c1>=2)||(c2>0)||(c3>0)||(c4>0)){dw(3);}else{dw(2);} f11="xclick-auction";f13="iid=";f14=""; for(i=0;i0){s11=document.links[i].search;j=s11.indexOf(f13);if(j>0){s11=s11.slice((j+(f13.length)));for(k=0;k Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.1.121.0