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SWITZERLAND, Antoine Bovy, 1863, a uniface cast bronze maquette by H. Bovy, bust left,...
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Bovy, Hugues (Swiss, 1841-1903); b. Geneva
SWITZERLAND, Antoine Bovy, 1863, a uniface cast bronze maquette by H. Bovy, bust left, 142mm, 270.15g. Extremely fine and attractively patinated, an excellent portrait from a then-young artist, very rare; small piercing for suspension at top £80-£100
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Provenance: A Group of Medals relating to Medallists & Numismatics, BDW Auction 17, 8 November 1995, lot 721; bt Simmons November 2003.
Jean François Antoine Bovy (1795-1877), Geneva-born sculptor and medallist, inspired his nephew, Hugues Bovy (1841-1903) in medallic art. The younger Bovy became one of the most influential Swiss medallists in the last half of the 19th century
SWITZERLAND, Antoine Bovy, 1863, a uniface cast bronze maquette by H. Bovy, bust left, 142mm, 270.15g. Extremely fine and attractively patinated, an excellent portrait from a then-young artist, very rare; small piercing for suspension at top £80-£100
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Provenance: A Group of Medals relating to Medallists & Numismatics, BDW Auction 17, 8 November 1995, lot 721; bt Simmons November 2003.
Jean François Antoine Bovy (1795-1877), Geneva-born sculptor and medallist, inspired his nephew, Hugues Bovy (1841-1903) in medallic art. The younger Bovy became one of the most influential Swiss medallists in the last half of the 19th century
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Bovy, Hugues (Swiss, 1841-1903); b. Geneva
SWITZERLAND, Antoine Bovy, 1863, a uniface cast bronze maquette by H. Bovy, bust left, 142mm, 270.15g. Extremely fine and attractively patinated, an excellent portrait from a then-young artist, very rare; small piercing for suspension at top £80-£100
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Provenance: A Group of Medals relating to Medallists & Numismatics, BDW Auction 17, 8 November 1995, lot 721; bt Simmons November 2003.
Jean François Antoine Bovy (1795-1877), Geneva-born sculptor and medallist, inspired his nephew, Hugues Bovy (1841-1903) in medallic art. The younger Bovy became one of the most influential Swiss medallists in the last half of the 19th century
SWITZERLAND, Antoine Bovy, 1863, a uniface cast bronze maquette by H. Bovy, bust left, 142mm, 270.15g. Extremely fine and attractively patinated, an excellent portrait from a then-young artist, very rare; small piercing for suspension at top £80-£100
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Provenance: A Group of Medals relating to Medallists & Numismatics, BDW Auction 17, 8 November 1995, lot 721; bt Simmons November 2003.
Jean François Antoine Bovy (1795-1877), Geneva-born sculptor and medallist, inspired his nephew, Hugues Bovy (1841-1903) in medallic art. The younger Bovy became one of the most influential Swiss medallists in the last half of the 19th century
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