On 6 October 1896, the Russian fleet visited the port of Cherbourg. Tsar Nicholas II was also on board and was hospitably received by the French authorities. A medal with an allegorical representation of the meeting between the two countries was to immortalise this event. It was struck at the Monnaie de Paris although this institution had not had a monopoly on striking medals for several years. However, there were still a number of well-known engravers associated with the Monnaie de Paris including this Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon, a pupil of Chaplain.
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Frédéric Charles Victor de Vernon
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Monnaie de Paris
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| Title | Commemorative Medal of the Visit of the Russian Fleet to Cherbourg in 1906 |
| Location |
France
TGN
Paris TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | location and date at the front, on the cut-off: CHERBOURG / 5 . OCTOBRE . / 1896 |
| signatures (names) at the front, left: F.VERNON | |
| text at the back, top: GALLIA / RVSSORVM / IMPERATORI ET CLASSI / HOSPITIBVS / AMICISSIMIS / SALVTEM | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Inventory number | 1909-N |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Monnaie de Paris 1909 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-N |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7616/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 45C221 helmet Iconclass 45D22 navy Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C223 harbour Iconclass 46E411 flags flown from a mast Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass 61D(RUSSIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (RUSSIA) Iconclass 61E(CHERBOURG) names of cities and villages (CHERBOURG) Iconclass |
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