Art Nouveau NUDE Honneur Patrie 1886 medal by DUBOIS!

Up for auction is this great bronze medal signed by the famous “H Dubois” on the obverse. The obverse features the winged figure of Fame charging ahead while carrying a dying nude young warrior over her shoulder in relief. The reverse features a plant in relief. The medal commemorates the 1886 founding of the Union Nationale des Sociétés de Tir de France (a shooting or rifle society).

About the medalist Dubois:

Henri Alfred Auguste Dubois: (born in Rome/Italy, 1859-1943) was the son of the medallist Alphée Dubois. He was pupil to his father, to Chapu and to Falguière. In 1878 Dubois competed for the Prix de Rome for which he received a second prize award. He exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1880 to 1901, received a third-class medal in 1888, a travel grant the same year, a second-class medal in 1893 and a first-class medal in 1898. Dubois was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1903. His works are in the collection of the Musée Luxembourg in Paris.

 

Obverse: the winged figure of Fame charging ahead while carrying a dying nude young warrior over her shoulder in relief

Reverse: a plant in relief

 

Diameter:

60mm diameter