Lot n° 321
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 4 600EUR
ACADEMICIAN'S OUTFIT BY JEAN-PIERRE CALLU (1929-2014) - Lot 321
ACADEMICIAN'S OUTFIT BY JEAN-PIERRE CALLU (1929-2014)
Jacket and pants in navy blue cloth, embroidered with olive leaves in green monochrome.
Jean-Pierre CALLU, elected ordinary member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres on February 10, 1995, in Pierre MAROT's chair, was President of the Académie for 2004. A Latinist specializing in numismatics and the history of Roman antiquity, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, he was a member of numerous learned societies, including the Société nationale des Antiquaires de France, of which he was president, the Société française de Numismatique and the Société française d'Archéologie classique, as well as a member of the Commission de la Médaille de la Monnaie de Paris. In 1997, he was the French representative on the Committee of Experts for the choice of the Community face of the euro. Between 1972 and 2002, he compiled and published the first complete translation of the letters of Symmachus (c. 342 - 402/403), a Roman senator who was one of the last representatives of Roman pagan traditions.
Provenance:
Acquired by M. CALLU from a former academician and kept in the family by descent.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue