Ernest Van Dyck was one of the most famous Wagnerian tenors of his time. On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his first performance of Parsifal, Van Dyck was honored in Brussels in 1912 with a shrine containing a gilt silver, a silver, and a bronze copy of this medal.
| Artist |
Godfried Devreese
RKD
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Fonson Frères
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| Title | Plaque Medal Portraying Ernest van Dyck |
| Date | 1912 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) on the front side: G. DEVREESE. |
| name and year on the front side: A ERNEST VAN DYCK. / 1887 - ses admirateurs - 1912 | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | rounded plaque |
| Inventory number | 1925-AA |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Belgian Department of Sciences and Arts Brussels 1925-11 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1925-AA |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1006/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300015637 portraits AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
48C8313 portrait of opera-singer Iconclass 48CC75412 bard, lyric poet - CC - out of doors Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(ERNEST VAN DYCK) historical person (ERNEST VAN DYCK) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
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