1923, France. JEANNE D?ARC, LARGE MOUNTED UNIFACE CAST PRESENTED BY LE COMIT? DES F?TES DU VI ?ME ARRONDISSEMENT. By Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947). Bronze approximately 7 ? inches in diameter (backing about 11 x 9 ? inches). $700. ———– Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947) was born at Dijon. He studied under Ponscarme, Thomas and Levillain at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was director of the ?cole des Beaux-Arts at Dijon. He won gold medals at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1900 and in 1920. Yencesse was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1900. Many of his medallic works have a distinctive, subtle effect using a soft, shallow relief.