Swiss medallist Hans Frei engraved an allegory of spring on this bronze medal. He shows a female nude sitting in a garden. The young woman is looking at a flower she is holding in her left hand. In the background are a tree on the left and right.
| Artist | |
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| Title | Spring |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Switzerland TGN |
| Medium and support | founding (metal or glass working) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) below: HANS FREI |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | art medal |
| Inventory number | 1911-BA |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille 1911-06-23 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-BA |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7723/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
23D42
spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa)
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 25G41 flowers Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 480 symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ art; 'Arte' (Ripa) Iconclass 23E42 spring ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year) Iconclass 23F42 spring landscape; landscape symbolizing spring (the four seasons of the year) Iconclass |
| 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. 148) |
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