Historical and Art Medals

École Nationale des Arts Industriels de Roubaix, 1890, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated naked male pupil drawing a flower held by a standing robed female, rev. standing naked figure of Genius, holding a laurel branch over his shoulder, 68mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 190; BDM I, 403). Very fine, rare (£60-80)

Illustrated on the Plates. The school was opened on 1 October 1890