[Music Iconography] Coudray, Marie-Alexandre-Lucien.(1865-1932) Orpheus MedalAn 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 cole 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,