Italy. GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA, Composer. By Georges Lay (1907-1989). (Struck at the Monnaie de Paris, 1968 edge stamp). Bronze 68mm. $50. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) ————– Georges Lay, sculptor and medallist was born on May 17 1907 in Bordeaux. He studied there in the school of Beaux-Arts and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Auguste Patey, and at the ?cole Nationale des Arts D?coratifs. Lay died In Paris on December 30 1989.