A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen

France, J.H. Fabre, 1911, a bronze plaque by L. Patriarche, seated figure of Fabre examining insects on the leaf of a plant on a table with a magnifying glass, reverse Fabre’s house and garden, scorpion, cricket and other insects in foreground, 70 x 50mm (PBE 685; CGMP p.304; Classens 16; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.43, 115; cf. DNW 38, 777 and 44, 904). About extremely fine and lightly patinated, an attractive study (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen.

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Issued by the Monnaie in 1925. Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915), entomologist, lived at Serignané du-Comtat (dép. Vaucluse) from 1879 until his death. He provided the first detailed study of insect behaviour by observing creatures in their natural habitats