1899, France. ?MILE LOUBET, ELECTED PRESIDENT. By Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. ?AE 69mm. Obv: Bust, left. Rev: A flag resting against an altar. An insignificant spot in the field of the obverse. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 76/C. Extremely fine. $70. Sorry, SOLD
Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain was born at Mortagne in 1839. He entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the sculptor, Jouffroy, and Eugene-Andr? Oudin?, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to? 1868. He was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1888. He died in 1909.