The art and technique of the medal by Henri DROPSY
By M. Henri DROSPY MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTEIn the art of pressed medals, we can consider two different processes:a medal from the 17th century, for example...
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History and technique of the medal: biographies dating from 1928 or 1967. The artists and works by Henri Classens (1930).
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