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Plaque Medal Portraying Prince Leopold of Belgium, 1910

  • bronze
  • 63.2 x 43.2 mm
  • Inv. 1911-O

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This plaque portrays Prince Leopold of Belgium, the future King Leopold III, at the age of ten. The society of medal friends had the plaque engraved by Franz Vermeylen. It was distributed to the members in January 1911 and 56 silver and 368 bronze examples were struck. On the reverse side, a toddler is depicted kissing Brussels.

Artist

Frantz Vermeylen RKD
Leuven 1857 - Leuven 1922
medalistsAAT

Alphonse Michaux RKD
Brussels 1860 - Brussels 1928
workshop / studio

Title Plaque Medal Portraying Prince Leopold of Belgium
Date 1910
Period 20th century
Location Belgium TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings name below: LEOPOLD / DUC DE BRABANT
signatures (names) at the front, lower right: F.VERMEYLEN
name and year on the reverse: SOCIETE / HOLLANDO-BELGE / DES AMIS / DE LA / MEDAILLE D'ART / I9I0
Collection medals AAT
Object type plaques (flat objects) AAT
Inventory number 1911-O
Acquisition credit gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille
Ghent
1911
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-O
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
44B15121 prince Iconclass
61B2(LEOPOLD III) historical person (LEOPOLD III) Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
Marie Pierre François Vermeylen - Frantz Vermeylen / Phyllis Dierick, Arthur Pauwels. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
Algemeene Wereldtentoonstelling te Gent in 1913 (Paleis der Schoone Kunsten, 1 mei - 1 november 1913) : Groep II. Schoone Kunsten ; Klasse 9b ; Gesneden Penningen (Salon van de medailles) / Victor Tourneur. - Brussel : Drukkerij (Oud Huis We Monnom), 1913 (p. 110)
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