Portait Medal in Honour of Casimir Périer, President of the French Republic in 1894

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Monnaie de Paris (workshop / studio)
,
Jules Clément Chaplain (medalists)

Date

1894

Period

19th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This portrait medal was issued in honour of French politician Jean-Paul, Pierre Casimir Périer. After a long political career, he was appointed president of the French Republic on 25 June 1894. On the reverse, a woman wearing a long robe and veil symbolises the French Republic. She throws a ballot into a chalice standing on a platform decorated along both…
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This portrait medal was issued in honour of French politician Jean-Paul, Pierre Casimir Périer. After a long political career, he was appointed president of the French Republic on 25 June 1894. On the reverse, a woman wearing a long robe and veil symbolises the French Republic. She throws a ballot into a chalice standing on a platform decorated along both sides with a lion's head and in the centre the tablets of the law on top of branches and an axe with the letter R on the left and F on the right.
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More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Monnaie de Paris , Jules Clément Chaplain VIAF RKD Wikidata
Types portrait medal AAT, medal of honour AAT
Category medals
Material bronze
Dimensions 68 mm
Object number 1911-CP
Description
Subjects figures (representations) , symbolism (artistic concept)
Tags male sex; man Iconclass, politician, e.g. party leader Iconclass, politics Iconclass, president ~ head of republic Iconclass, historical persons Iconclass, historical person (CASIMIR PERIER) Iconclass, geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass, personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. (MARIANNE) Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass, state; law; political life Iconclass, the right to vote, the compulsory vote Iconclass, voting ballot Iconclass, Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-CP
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7777/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1911-CP
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