Vintage French Bronze and Enamel Madonna and Child hotsell Medal | Elie Pellegrin

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Casting off characteristics of traditional medal design, Modernist medallists during the early to mid-20th century created pieces with bold shapes and vivid colors. They dismissed Victorian style as too decorative, Art hotsell Nouveau pieces were deemed too fussy, and the Art Deco aesthetic was considered excessively rigid. Mid-Century medallists used avant-garde designs, whimsical portrayals of people, and floral motifs to create pieces which were in keeping with the Modernist movements of the day. Modernist medals were delicate, yet daring.

This artsy modernist medal dates from mid-twentieth century France centers on an imagery of the Madonna and Child.

The Latin inscription on the reverse is a line in the Hail Mary prayer: MATER DEI, ORA PRO NOBIS PECCATORIBUS, NUNC, ET IN HORA MORTIS NOSTRAE. AMEN (Mother of God, pray for us sinner's now and at the hour of our death, Amen.)

The medal is crafted in bronze and decorated with glassy red, blue, black, white, and tan colored enamel. It measures 1-3/8 inches in diameter and weighs in at 20.4 grams.

Élie Pellegrin (1914-2001) was a famous French sculptor born at the beginning of WWI into a devoutly Christian family. His staunch faith became a major influence in the wonderful art that he created during his life.

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