1900, France. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION/THE OLYMPIC GAMES. By Jules Cl?ment Chaplain. Bronze 64mm. Obv: Head of Marianne under a tree. Rev: Nike flying. She holds a wreath in an outstretched hand and supports a male, holding a lighted torch, on her shoulder. Van Alfen 35. In its original case (very scarce thus). Very weak hinge on the case. $175. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2021)

Chaplain was born at Mortagne in 1839. He entered the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the Sculptor Jouffroy and Eugene-Andre Oudine, 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 Academie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the Legion d’Honneur in 1888. He died in 1909.