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Medal, Plaquette, 1900/1935, Silvered Bronze, France. VILLE DE ROUEN, Obv. View of Port with Femail Sitting in Profile (Vue du port de Rouen avec en premier plan une femme de profil à l'antique au dessus du blason de la ville) and Hippolyte Lefebvre signed at bottom; Rv. Bridge and City Scene, Floral Designs, and signature of medallist at left edge, in center at bottom, inscription for award, a Louis Brachigny, - 1935 - (Quelques bateaux et vieux gréements avec en arrière plan le pont transbordeur de Rouen). Size: 50 x 68 mm. Poids: 99,6 gr. (This medal also exists in a smaller size). Purchased from William Ferry, Jr. Medal, Plaquette, 1900/1935, Silvered Bronze, France. VILLE DE ROUEN, Obv. View of Port with Female Sitting in Profile (Vue du port de Rouen avec en premier plan une femme de profil à l'antique au dessus du blason de la ville) and Hippolyte Lefebvre signed at bottom; Rv. Bridge and City Scene, Floral Designs, and signature of medallist at left edge, in center at bottom, inscription for award, a Louis Brachigny, - 1935 - (Quelques bateaux et vieux gréements avec en arrière plan le pont transbordeur de Rouen). Size: 50 x 68 mm. Poids: 99,6 gr. (This medal also exists in a smaller size. Purchased from William Ferry, Jr. Medallist Info: Hippolyte-Jules Lefèbvre (Lille 1863 — 1935) was a French sculptor and medallist who received numerous official marks of recognition in his day. His most prominent works are the monumental equestrian sculptures of Joan of Arc and Louis IX of France, set up on the Basilique du Sacré Coeur, Paris. From a working-class background, he made his first studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, Lille, where he won numerous prizes and was sent with a municipal scholarship to study at the École des beaux-arts, Paris[1] In 1882 he moved to Paris, where he was a pupil of Pierre-Jules Cavelier, Louis-Ernest Barrias and Jules Coutan. He began exhibiting regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1887, and in 1892, after receiving seconds in 1888 and 1891, won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture; on his return to Paris he pursued a successful official career. He was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and an officer in 1925. He also has sculptures in the Grand Palais in Paris, for which he received a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900.