The front of this plaque depicts a seated woman in draped robes, holding a winged helmet. On the ground lies a horn of plenty and in the background is a panorama of factories and activity. The reverse shows a laurel tree with, against its trunk, a hammer, a plough and two serpents wriggling. Next to it is a thistle. This plaque was offered to various people or institutions by the Comité français des expositions à l'étranger, with space on the reverse for an inscription.
| Artist |
Alexandre Louis Bottée
RKD
Wikidata
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| Title | Plaque Medal offered to the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent by the Comité français des expositions à l'étranger in 1899 |
| Date | 1899 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | name on the front side |
| text on the reverse: Comité français des expositions à l'étranger | |
| text on the reverse: Musée de Gand | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | commemorative plaque |
| Inventory number | 1914-A |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Comité français des Expositions à l'Etranger Ghent 1914-01 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-A |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8271/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8272/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F42
snakes
Iconclass
25G3(LAUREL) trees: laurel Iconclass 25G4(THISTLE) plants and herbs: thistle Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA2352 sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 45C221 helmet Iconclass 47D8(HAMMER) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer Iconclass 92B11221 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
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