On this medal, Ovide Yencesse portrays a certain Manette. The old woman is sitting in an easy chair by the fireplace while she works. A cat lies by her side.
| Artist |
Ovide Yencesse
RKD
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|---|---|
| Title | Medal Portraying Manette |
| Date | 1902 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Medium and support |
founding (metal or glass working)
AAT
silvering AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription on the front side: Manette |
| signatures (names) on the front side: Ovide Yencesse | |
| hallmarks on the reverse: 2 | |
| seal, stamp at the edge: [...] Bronze [...] L | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | portrait medal |
| Inventory number | 1911-DV |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille 1911-06-23 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-DV |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8253/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41D443 (other forms of) needlework, e.g.: crocheting, knitting, embroidering Iconclass 43D1 handicrafts, hobbies (leisure time activities) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| 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. 120) |
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