Historical Medals

FRANCE, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, a bronze medal by E. Lindauer, undated, bust three-quarters right, rev. statue ‘La Danse’, 68mm. About extremely fine, scarce £100-£120

Buckland Dix & Wood Auction, 15 December 1995, lot 594

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-75), sculptor and painter; one of his pupils was Rodin. Carpeaux’s best-known work, La Danse, was executed between 1865-9 for Charles Garnier’s Paris Opera House; it is now in the Louvre.