This portrait medal depicts French chemist Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889). He was attached to the Academy of Sciences and later became director of the famous goblin factories. The reverse of the medal refers to his work as a scientist. The very elderly Chevreul received this portrait medal from his students on his 100th birthday. He died in Paris on 9 April 1889.
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Oscar Roty
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Monnaie de Paris
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| Title | Commemorative Medal of the Hundredth Anniversary of Michel-Eugène Chevreul |
| Date | 1886 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Paris TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription and signature on the front, around the bust: MICHEL EVGENE CHEVREVL MEMBRE DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES ; O.ROTY |
| inscription, year and signature below: CORPS GRAS / ---- / .TRASTE SIMVLTANE / DES COVLEVRS / ---- / CHEMIE APPLIQÉE / A LA TEINTURE / ---- / VISION DES COVLEURS ; LA JEVNESSE FRANCAISE AV DOYEN DES ETVDIANTS ; 31 AOVT 1786 - 31 AOVT 1886 | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type |
portrait medal
commemorative medals AAT medal of honour |
| Inventory number | 1911-CU-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Brussels 1911 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-CU-1 |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8227/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8228/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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22C4
colours, pigments, and paints
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31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 48A23 theory of art Iconclass 49E3 chemistry Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(MICHEL-EUGÈNE CHEVREUL) historical person (MICHEL-EUGÈNE CHEVREUL) 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. 88, Catalogue, nr. 144 (183)) |
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