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France, 'L'Amour Consolant l'Humanité, a very fine large cast bronze Art Nouveau decorative plaque by 0. Roty, dated XXIX (1899), semi-nude kneeling female being consoled by winged cherub, oval, 242 x 208mm (La Medaille... Belle Epoque 874 variety; Jones, Art of the Medal, pp. 123-4). Extremely fine and a most handsome piece, loop for suspension at back, very rare

Louis Oscar Roty (1846-1911), arguably the most prominent French medallist working in the Art Nouveau period