An impressive large high relief uniface bronze medal from the great French medallist, winner of the Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1893. 4.5 inches; 11.5 cm in diameter. 115 grams.

Born in Paris, Coudray entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1882. In 1893 he won the Prix de Rome with a medal of Orpheus at the Gates of Hell. The Paris Mint purchased the issuing rights in 1899, going on to sell over 4500 copies at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, where it won a silver prize.