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Medal - Mercury with the Infant Bacchus
  • Mercury with the Infant Bacchus
    Hannaux, Emmanuel, born 1855 - died 1934
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Mercury with the Infant Bacchus

  • Object:

    Medal

  • Place of origin:

    France (made)

  • Date:

    1895-1905 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Hannaux, Emmanuel, born 1855 - died 1934 (medallist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Electrotype, uniface

  • Museum number:

    839-1900

  • Gallery location:

    Sculpture, room 111, case DR15

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This elegant Art Nouveau medal shows an episode from classical mythology in which Mercury holds the infant Bacchus before handing him into the care of nymphs.

Place of Origin

France (made)

Date

1895-1905 (made)

Artist/maker

Hannaux, Emmanuel, born 1855 - died 1934 (medallist)

Materials and Techniques

Electrotype, uniface

Descriptive line

Medal, electrotype, by Emmanuel Hannaux, France, ca. 1895-1905

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1900. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons. 1903. pp.128
cf. Kashey, Elisabeth and Robert ed. Nineteenth Century French and Western European Sculpture in bronze and other media. Catalogue of Spring 1985 exhibition Shepherd Gallery Associates, Inc, NY. pp. 206

Subjects depicted

Bacchus; Mercury

Categories

Sculpture; Coins & Medals

Collection code

SCP

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