The association 'Cercle of Friends of the Medallion' was founded in New York in 1909. They regularly issued art medals for which the best American engravers were tapped such as John Flanagan and Victor Brenner. Between 1909 and 1915, 12 medals were issued, of which this medal was the fourth. The inscription lists suggest that about 500 copies were made of each issue. Brenner exhibited this medal at the Salon of the Medal during the 1910 World Fair in Brussels. The obverse depicts a mother and child, while the reverse shows a winged cupid blowing a trumpet.
| Artist |
Victor David Brenner
RKD
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Joseph K. Davidsons's Sons
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| Title | Motherly Love |
| Date | 1910 - 1911 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Philadelphia TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | title and signature on the front side: MOTHERHOOD V.D. Brenner |
| on the reverse | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | art medal |
| Inventory number | 1911-AC |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille Ghent 1911 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-AC |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7695/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7696/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31D111
infant, baby ~ the ages of man
Iconclass
31D112 child Iconclass 42A30 motherhood Iconclass 42B12 mother-love Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 48C7352 horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba Iconclass 92D1 (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) Iconclass |
| Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles en 1910 : Salon international de la médaille contemporaine... : Groupe II: Beaux-Arts ; Classe 9B: Gravure en médailles (Bruxelles, Palais du Cinquantenaire, 01.05 - 15.11.1910) ; Catalogue / Victor Tourneur. - Bruxelles : Imprimerie A. Lesigne, 1910 (p. 78, nr. 137(31/32)) |
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