Morlon here depicts Gaul as a woman wearing a winged helmet and hair in two braids. She holds the hilt of a sword and a laurel branch in front of her. The Latin designation Gallia represents the western area of Europe, corresponding to modern France, Belgium, western Switzerland, and parts of the Netherlands and Germany west of the Rhine. On the reverse of the medal, a rectangular field is left free for an inscription on a background of laurel leaves.
| Artist |
Pierre Alexandre Morlon
RKD
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| Title | Medal Depicting Gaul |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | title on the front side: G / A / L / L / I / A |
| signatures (names) at the front, left: Morlon | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | medals AAT |
| Inventory number | 1909-DD-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Monnaie de Paris Paris 1909-03-08 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-DD-1 |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7603/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7604/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
32B2(GAULS) extinct, 'historical' peoples: Gauls Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 45C221 helmet Iconclass |
| Algemeene Wereldtentoonstelling te Gent in 1913 (Paleis der Schoone Kunsten, 1 mei - 1 november 1913) : Groep II. Schoone Kunsten ; Klasse 9b ; Gesneden Penningen (Salon van de medailles) / Victor Tourneur. - Brussel : Drukkerij (Oud Huis We Monnom), 1913 (p. 144, nr. 3) |
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