France. BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS – LOURDES. By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). Bronze 59mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 340/C. Lacqueured finish (which was used by the Monnaie de Paris in the post World War II years). $80

Marcel Renard sculptor and medallist was born at Lyon in 1892. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Art de Lyon and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He spent time in the ateliers of Boucher and Patey. In 1923 he won the Premier Second Prix de Rome and a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes D?corateurs. Renard died in 1974