France. THE DEATH OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS. By Leon-Ernst Drivier for Société. Française de la Médaille. Bronze 105mm. Obv: Christ on the cross surrounded by various figures. Rev: Inscription. $450.

Léon-Ernst Drivier was born in Grenoble on October 22, 1878. He studied at l’École des Beaux-Arts de Paris after which he collaborated for a time with Rodin. He worked as both a painter and sculptor and created a number of medals. He sculpted several public works and he is well represented in museums in France and in some overseas. Drivier died in Paris in 1951