£20
Georges Dupre
1869 - 1909
Prayer Plaque / Medallion
Bronze
7cm x 5cm
Georges Dupre was a French medallist and sculptor in the 19th Century. This bronze plaque is of rectangular form with arched top depicting a farming scene of a man with his back to us, signed G. Dupres. To the other side a religious scene of a robed woman sat on a stone structure with cross / crucifix to top, holding a baby whilst looking out to sheeps in a field. Writing to top reads ' C'est l'angélus qui tinte et rappelle en tout lieu Que le matin des jours et le soir sont à dieu ' - It is the Angelus which rings and reminds everywhere that the morning of the day and the evening belong to God.
It is the Angelus which rings and reminds everywhere that the morning of the day and the evening belong to God
It is the Angelus which rings and reminds everywhere that the morning of the day and the evening belong to God
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