This object with circular motifs was made for a good cause, namely 'Kindergeluk' (Children's Happiness). Later the design was executed in bronze for Servranckx's grave monument in Diegem, as well as for the memorial for this artist in Elewijck.
| Artist |
Victor Servranckx
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | Design for Opus 1, Medal for The Happiness of the Child |
| Date | 1923 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Belgium TGN |
| Medium and support | patination AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) below: SERVRANCKX |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | medals AAT |
| Inventory number | 2002-H |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2002-H |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5047/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417511
abstract art (general art genre)
AAT
300134149 nonobjective AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
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Abstract, Non-representational Art
Iconclass
31D1 the ages of man Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 49D35 polygon (~ planimetry, geometry) Iconclass 49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry) Iconclass 5 Abstract Ideas and Concepts Iconclass 56B2 Happiness, Felicity Iconclass |
| School / Style | abstract (general art genre) AAT |
| Victor Servranckx 1897 - 1965 (tentoonstelling Elewijt, Rubenskasteel, 27 mei - 4 juni 1972) / Jan Hoet. - Elewijt : Rubenskasteel, 1972 (cover (ill.; ander exemplaar)) |
| Victor Servranckx 1897-1965 en de abstracte kunst = Victor Servranckx 1897-1965 et l'art abstrait (tentoonstelling Brussel, KMSKB, 26.05 - 16.07.1989) / Anne Adriaens-Pannier, Françoise Fredericq, Dieter Lampens. - Brussel : Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, 1989 (p. 73, cat. 51 (ill.; ander exemplaar)) |
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