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Diameter: 59 mm (approx.2.5") Weight: 100 gr (approx.3oz) Edge/Relief: 6 mm
France, 1940 " LE LOUP ET L'AGNEAU - THE WOLF AND THE LAMB ", art medal, depicting a famous Fable / poem from Jean de La Fontaine, in the instance of of the cruellest fables, in very fine condition as scanned, edge marked bronze with horn(Parismint)..
Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo.
Obv. illustration of the fable from Jean de la Fontaine : an angry wolf contemplating young lamb who is drinking water from a stream, inscription the moral of the fable : LA RAISON DV PLVS FORT EST TOVJOVRS LA MEILLEVRE.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Jean de VERNON (1897-1975). French sculptor and medallist. Awarded the Honnor, Gold and Silver Medals at Salons des Artistes Français. Prize Taylor in 1957. Croix de guerre 1914-1918. Studied at École des Arts décoratifs and at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is the author of the famous art deco medal : Normandie (1945). |
Townsend's translation (1887)
The Wolf and the Lamb
A Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."
- The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
Mint Marks used at the PARIS MINT:
Plain Edge ==> All medals before March 30th 1832 have plain edges and before 1841 for bronze or copper.
Antique Lamp ==> from March 30th 1832 until October 21st 1841 (on gold & silver only).
Anchor ==> from October 21st 1841 until September 25th 1842.
Ship Prow ==> from September 26th 1842 until June 12th 1845.
Pointing Hand ==> from June 13th 1845 until October 1st 1860.
Bee ==> from November 1st 1860 until December 31st 1879.
Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty) ==> from 1880 until now.
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