1895, France. THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS. By Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. AE 66mm. Obv: A seated female personification of the University; a female student to the left and a male student to the right. Rev: A sailing ship under sail. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 78/C. Cased. Extremely fine. $150.? Sorry, SOLD

Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain (1839-1909) was born at Mortagne. 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.