MB110107 France Monument aux Morts Pere Lachaise cemetery Paris bronze plaquette by Kautsch 1905 uniface

France Monument aux Morts Pere Lachaise cemetery Paris bronze plaquette by Kautsch 1905.

Kautsch reimagines Bartholome’s grand monument (1899) to those who have no tomb as a small medal, faithfully recreating the sculptures. See BDM VII.497.

Heinrich Kautsch Czech sculptor and medallist born Prague 1859, died Vienna 1943 but spent a long time in Paris 1889-1914.  He worked with Injalbert and Roubaud. Bronze triangular mark so Arthus Bertrand? 70 x 55mm. uniface.