As a tribute to the alliance between Russia and France, a new bridge in Paris was named Pont Alexandre III. Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia and son of Alexander III was present in Paris with his wife tsarina Alexandra on 7 October 1906 to lay the foundation stone of this Alexander-III bridge. Daniel Dupuis signed this commemorative medal with a rather bombastic composition, in which two women personify Russia and France while the third woman looks up to the effigy of Alexander III. The Monnaie de Paris used older designs for this. The medal is dated 1906 while Daniel Dupuis had already died in 1899.
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Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis
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Monnaie de Paris
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| Title | Medal Commemorating the Laying of First Stone of the Pont Alexandre III in Paris in 1906 |
| Date | 1906 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Paris TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription and signature on the front side: ALEXANDRE III / PAX ; SVR LA BERGE HISTORIQVE AVANT QVE DE DESCENDRE, / SI TON GENEREVX COEVR AUX COEVRS FRANçAIS REPOND, / MERITE GRAVEMENT RÊVE DEVANT CE PONT, / LA FRANCE LE CONSACRE A TON PERE ALEXANDRE. / ---- ; DANIEL--DUPUIS |
| inscription, year and signature on the reverse: LE VII OCTOBRE MDCCCXCVI ; SA MAJESTE NICOLAS II / EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES / SA MAJESTE L'IMPERATRICE ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA / FELIX FAURE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANçAISE / ONT POSÉ A PARIS / LA PREMIERE PIERRE DU PONT / ALEXANDRE III / MELINE ETANT PRESIDENT DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES / HENRY BOUCHER MINISTRE DU COMMERCE / ALFRED PICARD COMMISSAIRE GENERAL / DE L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE / DE 1900 ; DANIEL-DUPUIS | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | commemorative medals AAT |
| Inventory number | 1909-L |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Godard, A. Paris 1909 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-L |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7642/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7643/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25L
cities represented allegorically or symbolically
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31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass 61D(RUSSIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (RUSSIA) Iconclass 61E(PARIS) names of cities and villages (PARIS) Iconclass |
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