Fresnes-les-Rungis prison was designed by French architect François Henri Poussin. Its construction took three years. In 1900, this beautiful plaque was designed by Oscar Roty on behalf of the builders. It was exhibited in Brussels at the Salon de la Medaille during the World Exhibition in 1910, together with the designs that had been drawn. The obverse depicts a triptych with, on the left, a weeping prisoner, in the centre a prisoner at work and on the right a prisoner receiving a visit from his wife and child. On the back, his "story" continues and he leaves the prison with his wife and child as a new person. Roty succeeds completely in his intention to have the obverse and the reverse fit together. This plaque was so popular at the time that it can be found in almost all specialist publications about this period.
| Artist |
Oscar Roty
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Monnaie de Paris
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| Title | The Prison at Fresnes-les-Rungis |
| Date | 1900 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location |
Rungis
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France TGN |
| Medium and support | silvering AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription on the front side: Salvbritate domus vires et animus in labore servantvr |
| signatures (names) on the front side: O. Roty | |
| inscription on the reverse: Prisons de Fresnes-les-Rungis | |
| inscription on the reverse: 1895-1898 | |
| inscription on the reverse: Henri Poussin architecte | |
| signatures (names) on the reverse: O. Roty | |
| inscription on the reverse: Edifiees par le departement de la Seine | |
| inscription at the edge: bronze | |
| at the edge | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | plaques (flat objects) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1909-PP |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Godard, A. Paris 1909-03-10 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-PP |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8202/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8203/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 44G311 prison, jail Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass |
| Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles en 1910 : Salon international de la médaille contemporaine... : Groupe II: Beaux-Arts ; Classe 9B: Gravure en médailles (Bruxelles, Palais du Cinquantenaire, 01.05 - 15.11.1910) ; Catalogue / Victor Tourneur. - Bruxelles : Imprimerie A. Lesigne, 1910 (p. 117 (ontwerpen), nr. 188(3); p. 114, nr. 188(15)) |
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