Historical and Art Medals

France, 1938. France. "A la Gloire de Barbizon et de Fontainebleau", a bronze medal by T. Spicer-Simson, kneeling naked female holding a representation of the Palace of Fontainebleau, reverse wild boar and dogs, DANS LA GRANDE FORET, etc., 68mm (FIDEM, Medailles, Jan. 1939, p. 10). A most attractive medal full of detail, extremely fine and rare

Theodore Spicer-Simson (1871-1960), a very prolific and gifted sculptor and medallist, both in Europe andin the U.S.A.