The Paris Mint released this art medal to be sold for all kinds of occasions related to music. The obverse features the image of a laurelled Orpheus holding a lyre. The reverse depicts a winged angel with a trumpet in one hand and a pen in the other. At his feet is a violin.
| Artist |
Marie Alexandre Lucien Coudray
RKD
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Monnaie de Paris
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| Title | Orpheus |
| Period |
19th century
20th century |
| Location | Paris TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) at the front, lower right: L COUDRAY |
| on the reverse | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | art medal |
| Inventory number | 1911-CO |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
1911 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-CO |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7774/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7775/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
43A433
crowning with laurel
Iconclass
48C7311 violin, fiddle Iconclass 48C7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery Iconclass 48C7352 horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba Iconclass 94O (story of) Orpheus Iconclass |
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