Orpheus

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Monnaie de Paris (workshop / studio)
,
Marie Alexandre Lucien Coudray (medalists)

Periods

19th century, 20th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Monnaie de Paris , Marie Alexandre Lucien Coudray VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type art medal AAT
Category medals
Material silver (metal)
Dimensions 67.4 mm
Object number 1911-CO
Description
Subject figures (representations)
Tags (story of) Orpheus Iconclass, lyre, cithara, psaltery Iconclass, violin, fiddle Iconclass, crowning with laurel Iconclass, horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-CO
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7775/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1911-CO
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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