The Funeral of President Carnot
Plaquette
1894 (made)
1894 (made)
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This plaquette commemorating the funeral of Marie François Sadi Carnot was made by Oscar Roty in 1894 in France.
Carnot (1837-1894) was a popular French statesman, fourth President of the Third French Republic. President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. He was stabbed by an Italian anarchist called Sante Geronimo Caserio.
Oscar Roty was the leading French medallist of the late 19th century.
He studied painting under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran and sculpture under Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. In 1875 he won the Prix de Rome for engraving and, supported by his more conservative mentor, Jules-Clément Chaplain, was elected to the Institut de France in 1888. In 1889 he won the Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition Universelle and was appointed an officer of the Légion d’honneur. In 1907 he was awarded the Salon medal of honour for sculpture, an unprecedented award for a medallist.
Roty’s great career reflected his role in what Roger Marx called ‘the Renaissance of the medal in France’. This was evident at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, where struck medals by Roty and other medallists sold in tens of thousands.
Carnot (1837-1894) was a popular French statesman, fourth President of the Third French Republic. President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. He was stabbed by an Italian anarchist called Sante Geronimo Caserio.
Oscar Roty was the leading French medallist of the late 19th century.
He studied painting under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran and sculpture under Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. In 1875 he won the Prix de Rome for engraving and, supported by his more conservative mentor, Jules-Clément Chaplain, was elected to the Institut de France in 1888. In 1889 he won the Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition Universelle and was appointed an officer of the Légion d’honneur. In 1907 he was awarded the Salon medal of honour for sculpture, an unprecedented award for a medallist.
Roty’s great career reflected his role in what Roger Marx called ‘the Renaissance of the medal in France’. This was evident at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, where struck medals by Roty and other medallists sold in tens of thousands.
Object details
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| Title | The Funeral of President Carnot (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | struck bronze |
| Brief description | Funeral of President Sadi Carnot, struck bronze, by Louis Oscar Roty, French, 19th century, 1894. |
| Physical description | obverse: the dead body on a bed with a mourning woman standing beside and a city on the horizon. Reverse: Veiled women carrying the coffin towards a cathedral. |
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| Gallery label | 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
Roty, a renowned draughtsman, revived the Renaissance art of the plaquette.(1987-2006) |
| Credit line | Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy MBE and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy |
| Object history | Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1980. |
| Historical context | Roty, a renowned draughtsman, revived the Renaissance art of the plaquette. |
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| Summary | This plaquette commemorating the funeral of Marie François Sadi Carnot was made by Oscar Roty in 1894 in France. Carnot (1837-1894) was a popular French statesman, fourth President of the Third French Republic. President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. He was stabbed by an Italian anarchist called Sante Geronimo Caserio. Oscar Roty was the leading French medallist of the late 19th century. He studied painting under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran and sculpture under Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. In 1875 he won the Prix de Rome for engraving and, supported by his more conservative mentor, Jules-Clément Chaplain, was elected to the Institut de France in 1888. In 1889 he won the Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition Universelle and was appointed an officer of the Légion d’honneur. In 1907 he was awarded the Salon medal of honour for sculpture, an unprecedented award for a medallist. Roty’s great career reflected his role in what Roger Marx called ‘the Renaissance of the medal in France’. This was evident at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, where struck medals by Roty and other medallists sold in tens of thousands. |
| Bibliographic reference | Marx, Roger, Les Medailleurs Modernes a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris, 1901 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.10-1980 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2006 |
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