France. CRUCIFIX. By Albert De Jaeger. Uniface bronze 68mm. $45

Albert de Jaeger was born on October 28, 1908, in Roubaix. He won the first prize at l’École des Beaux-Arts de Roubaix et de Tourcoing, and later the first prize at l’ l’École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was a student of Paul Niclausse, Henri Bouchard, Charles Despiau and Henry Dropsy. He won the premier grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1935 with La Légende et l’Histoire. He created many sculptural works and an extensive body of medals. He spent most of his life at Meudon, where he bought the Villa Charles Schacher. He died in Paris on May 19, 1992.