France, 1894. France. "Menu", or "La Femme au Faisan", a large cast uniface pewter plaque by J-B Daniel-Dupuis, semi-naked female holding a pheasant on a dish, cherub with amphora above, 218 x 141mm (BDM I, GGS; MFC p1. 11; Gazette Numismatique Française 1898, p. 191, no. 305). Extremely fine and very rare

Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1849-99), one of the most important Art Nouveau medallists, was shot dead by his wife while sleeping at their house in Paris on 14 November 1899; she then took her own life with samerevolver. Illustrated at slightly under half-size