In Precibus (In Prayers)

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Rudolf Mayer (medalists)
,
Firma B.H. Mayer (workshop / studio)

Date

1907

Period

20th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This plaque depicting an old man in prayer was published by the firm BH Mayer. This firm was founded in 1897 by Bernard Heinrich Mayer, the father of this plaque's engraver, Rudolf Mayer. This art plaque was struck in both silver and bronze, in three different sizes. A larger copy was cast in bronze.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Rudolf Mayer Wikidata, Firma B.H. Mayer
Types plaques (flat objects) AAT, kunstplaquette
Category medals
Material bronze
Dimensions 48.8 x 61 mm
Object number 1911-CM
Description
Subject figures (representations)
Tags male sex; man Iconclass, old man Iconclass, praying for the living and the dead ~ one of the (seven) spiritual Acts of Mercy Iconclass, (private) prayer; 'Oratione', 'Preghiere', 'Preghiere a Dio' (Ripa) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-CM
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7772/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1911-CM
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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