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 |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | text at the front, at the right: C Meunier |
text bottom right: referentie Museum, 1910.W | |
on the reverse | |
Collection | medals AAT |
Object type |
plaques (flat objects)
AAT
gypsum AAT |
Inventory number | 1910-W-1 |
Acquisition credit |
purchase
Turner, Percy Paris 1910 |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1910-W-1 |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7587/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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