This arch plaque, designed by Austrian artist Stefan Schwartz, shows on the front a seated female nude with her eyes closed. In her left hand, she holds a walking stick. In 1910, this plaque was shown at the Medallic Salon on the occasion of the World's Fair in Brussels, as well as in New York at the International Medallic Exhibition in March the same year.
| Artist |
Stefan Schwartz
RKD
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| Title | Art Plaque Medal: Notturno (Nocturne) |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support |
founding (metal or glass working)
AAT
patination AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: ST SCHWARTZ |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type |
plaques (flat objects)
AAT
rounded plaque |
| Inventory number | 1911-DA |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille Ghent 1911-06-23 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-DA |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8231/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
23R14
night
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA236 lying figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden 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.54) |
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