Devreese: UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, GHENT

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Price: $300.00

1913, Belgium.

UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, GHENT. By G. Devreese. Plaquette (rectangular with a curved top) Silvered-AE 71mm x 68mm. Obv: A medallist at work in his studio. Rev: An allegorical female greeting three females, a girl and a workman look on. Nearly extremely fine. $300

Godefroid Devreese was one of Belgium's most prolific medallists. He was born at Courtrai in 1861. He studied sculpture under his father and later at the Academy of Brussels. In 1885 he won the second Grand Prix de Rome. In 1889 he won the first Grand Prix for sculpture at the Academy of Brussels and a gold medal at the International Exposition in Cologne.

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