On the obverse of this medal, Johannes Gutenberg is portrayed against a background of flowers. He has a long beard and wears a cap and fur-lined cloak. The reverse depicts a book press and a number of open books.
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Leon Julien Deschamps
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Monnaie de Paris
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| Title | Medal Portraying Johannes Gutenberg |
| Date | 1903 |
| Location | France TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | name on the front side: . JEAN GVTENBERG . INVENTEVR DE L' IMPRIMERIE NE EN I400 MORT EN I468 |
| signatures (names) on the front side: 03 LEON DESCHAMPS | |
| year on the reverse: J MCDXLI 9 | |
| text on the reverse: LA LVMIERE FVT | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | portrait medal |
| Inventory number | 1911-AL |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille Ghent 1911-06-23 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-AL |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7707/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7708/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass 49M1 printing, printing office Iconclass 49M11 printing press Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(JOHANNES GUTENBERG) historical person (JOHANNES GUTENBERG) 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. 131, nr 10) |
| 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. 131, nr. 10) |
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