This art medal, designed by the French medallist Jean-Paul Aubé, was presented at the Salon de la Medaille during the World Fair in Brussels in 1910. The obverse allegorically depicts a breeze in the form of a naked figure descending from the clouds to blow sailboats forward. On the right in the distance is a lighthouse, on the left the sun is setting. At the bottom of the cut-off, the title "La Brise" appears. The reverse, depicting a sailboat on a turbulent sea, was presented separately. (See 1911-U-2)
| Artist |
Jean-Paul Aubé
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| Title | Plaque Medal: The Breeze (recto) |
| Date | ca 1910 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | title and signature on the front side: LA BRISE OFFERT PAR Mr E. Aert GLANDAZ P. AUBE |
| monogram and inscription on the reverse: A en G ANDRÉE S.Y. Y.C.F. | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type |
art medal
plaques (flat objects) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1911-U-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille 1911 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-U-1 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8265/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25H23
sea (seascape)
Iconclass
26C winds Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D130 Maidenhood Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal 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. 89, nr. 146 kader II (3/4)) |
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