Gérard-Hubert-Léon Janssen, born in Maastricht in 1849, became a director of the Brussels tram company in 1879 and of Société Générale de Belgique in 1903. This Belgian businessman was awarded his baron title in 1909; a year later, he played an important role as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Brussels World Fair. It is in this capacity that he was honoured with this portrait medal. Twenty silver and 75 bronze examples were struck. On the reverse side, an angel with a trumpet is depicted next to a statue of St Michael, the patron saint of Brussels.
| Artist |
Charles Samuel
RKD
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Fonson & Cie.
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| Title | Medal Portraying the Baron Léon Janssen |
| Date | 1910 |
| Location | Belgium TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) on the front side: CH. SAMUEL |
| name on the front side: BARON JANSSEN PRESIDENT DU COMITE EXECUTIF | |
| inscription and year on the reverse: I 9 I 0 ; EXPOSITION VNIVERSELLE DE BRVXELLES | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | medals AAT |
| Inventory number | 1911-D |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Stad Gent Brussels |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-D |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7569/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7570/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(LÉON JANSSEN) historical person (LÉON JANSSEN) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| 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. 107) |
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