Archeology

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Monnaie de Paris (workshop / studio)
,
Emile-Séraphin Vernier (medalists)

Date

1902

Period

20th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This plaque by French medallist Séraphin Emile Vernier, allegorically represents archaeology. The obverse shows an idealised depiction of a female nude surrounded by excavated objects. The woman stands knee-deep in the excavation and holds a vase in her hand. With this plaque, Vernier was represented at the Salon of the Medal during the 1910 World's Fair in Brussels.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Monnaie de Paris , Emile-Séraphin Vernier VIAF
Types plaques (flat objects) AAT, kunstplaquette
Category medals
Material bronze
Dimensions 50.7 x 70.7 mm
Object number 1909-KK
Description
Subject symbolism (artistic concept)
Tags history and archaeology Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass, tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: pickaxe Iconclass, column, pillar ~ architecture Iconclass, mask Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-KK
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7662/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1909-KK
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