361, Lot: 630. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV Medal (36mm, 28.60 g, 12h). Société des Artistes – Third Prize Medal. By Daniel Dupuis. Presented to Grégoire Nicolas Finez, 1910, for painting. Personification of the Arts standing facing, holding wreath in each hand,and adorning altar being inscribed AD GLORIAM by a putto, seen from behind, seated on an Ionic capital; large tree in background / SOCIÉTÉ DES ARTISTES FRANÇAIS, PEINTURE/SALON DE 1910/FINEZ/GREGOIRE NICOLAS/MÉDAILLE DE/3ME CLASSE in six lines. On edge: cornucopia and 1OR. For brief biography and mention of medal, see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A9goire_Nicolas_Finez. Choice EF, matte surfaces, minor deposit on reverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex New York Sale XXV (5 January 2011), lot 553.