Medallist Frédéric de Vernon exhibited this arch plaque at the Salon of the Medal during the 1910 World Fair in Brussels. The obverse depicts Eve standing under the apple tree. The reverse shows the snake writhing in the tree. The plaque also exists in larger sizes.
| Artist |
Frédéric Charles Victor de Vernon
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Monnaie de Paris
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| Title | Eve |
| Date | 1906 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Paris TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) at the front, below: F. VERNON |
| on the reverse | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | plaques (flat objects) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1909-GG-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Monnaie de Paris Paris 1909 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-GG-1 |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8178/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8179/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F42
snakes
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71A Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve Iconclass 71A35 Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Symbolism (artistic concept) 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. 88, Cat. nr. 144(191)) |
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