On the initiative of the Minister of the Interior, a competition was organised between some twenty artists for the engraving of a medal. The obverse of the medal should bear the image of the King and certainly the two dates 1830 and 1905. The reverse side was left to the inspiration of the artist. Amongst the fourteen participants, Godried Devreese was unanimously selected as the winner and was awarded the sum of 8,000 francs. On the reverse he depicted an allegorical representation of Belgium in the form of a woman walking towards the rising sun, accompanied by a lion and surrounded by a coat of arms and flag.
| Artist |
Godfried Devreese
RKD
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Royal Mint of Belgium
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| Title | Commemorative Medal of the 75th Anniversary of Belgian Independence |
| Date | 1906 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location |
Belgium
TGN
Brussels TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | year at the front, at the right: 1830 . 1905 |
| signatures (names) below: G. DEVREESE. | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | commemorative medals AAT |
| Inventory number | 1909-YY |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Scribe, Fernand 1909-04-10 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-YY |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3789/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3790/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
24A
sun as celestial body
Iconclass
24A1 sunrise Iconclass 25F23(LION) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 44A3(+2) flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ nation; national) Iconclass 44B113 king Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(LEOPOLD II) historical person (LEOPOLD II) Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass |
| De vrienden rond het museum : Het Gentse kunstnetwerk in relatie tot de collectieuitbreiding van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (1870-1914) / Julie Landuyt. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 175) |
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