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Commemorative Medal of the 75th Anniversary of Belgian Independence, 1906

  • Inv. 1909-YY

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On the initiative of the Minister of the Interior, a competition was organised between some twenty artists for the engraving of a medal. The obverse of the medal should bear the image of the King and certainly the two dates 1830 and 1905. The reverse side was left to the inspiration of the artist. Amongst the fourteen participants, Godried Devreese was unanimously selected as the winner and was awarded the sum of 8,000 francs. On the reverse he depicted an allegorical representation of Belgium in the form of a woman walking towards the rising sun, accompanied by a lion and surrounded by a coat of arms and flag.

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Godfried Devreese RKD
Courtrai 1861 - Ixelles 1941
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Royal Mint of Belgium
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Title Commemorative Medal of the 75th Anniversary of Belgian Independence
Date 1906
Period 20th century
Location Belgium TGN
Brussels TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings year at the front, at the right: 1830 . 1905
signatures (names) below: G. DEVREESE.
Collection medals AAT
Object type commemorative medals AAT
Inventory number 1909-YY
Acquisition credit gift
Scribe, Fernand
1909-04-10
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-YY
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3789/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3790/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 24A sun as celestial body Iconclass
24A1 sunrise Iconclass
25F23(LION) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
44A3(+2) flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ nation; national) Iconclass
44B113 king Iconclass
61B2 historical persons Iconclass
61B2(LEOPOLD II) historical person (LEOPOLD II) Iconclass
61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass
De vrienden rond het museum : Het Gentse kunstnetwerk in relatie tot de collectieuitbreiding van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (1870-1914) / Julie Landuyt. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 175)
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