Undated (late 19th century), France. MINIST?RE DU COMMERCE ET DE L?INDUSTRIE. By Alfred Borrel. AE 68mm. Obv: Bust of Marianne facing left and wearing a wreath of oak leaves. Rev: Marianne standing before a workman and a seated female. Cased. Patina slightly uneven, extremely fine. $90
Alfred Borrel was born in Paris in 1836. He studied under his father Valentin- Maurice Borrel and under Jouffroy and Merley. As a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the seconf grand prix de Rome for medal engraving. We was a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a second class medal at the salon in 1880, a second class medal in 1890, and a first class medal in 1893. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1906. Borrel died in 1927.