The coal merchant Édouard Taymans ordered this plaque for his customers in 1904 from Constantin Meunier. A miner is depicted with a helmet and pickaxe, in the background a mountain of coal and a smoking chimney appear. Numerous examples of this relief were made in earthenware, plaster and bronze. The workshop is unknown.
| Artist |
Constantin Meunier
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VIAF
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| Title | Publicity Plaque Medal: The Miner (so-called Taymans plaque) |
| Date | 1904 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Belgium TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: C.Meunier |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | plaques (flat objects) AAT |
| Inventory number | 2011-AV |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Lerno (coll.) Ghent 2011 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-AV |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6040/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25D32
miner
Iconclass
45C221 helmet Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
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