Plaquette
1919 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This bronze plaque was made by Georges-Henri Prud'homme in France, 1919. This plaquette celebrates the return of the regions of Alsace and Lorraine which had been annexed by the German Empire in 1871 and were only returned to France under the terms of the Versailles Peace Treaty, signed 28 June 1919. The images of a young girl from Alsace and Strabourg Cathedral are present in medals by other French artists commissioned by the Paris Mint. Prud'homme's personal style was criticised by the French writer and collector, Classens, as simply repeating old formulas, but in the plaquettes for Alsace and Lorraine a freer approach is acknowledged.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Plaquette, female from Alsace/view of Strasbourg. French 1919. |
| Physical description | Obv., profile portrait to the left of a young woman in regional costume and bonnet as the personification of Alsace. Rev., the rooftops of several houses, dominated by the tower of Strasbourg Cathedral at the left and in the right foreground by a nest with two storks above a chimney. The exergue has a blank cartouche surrounded by trailing hop vines. Edge has the incuse cornucopia of Paris Mint mark and BRONZE. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "ALSACE," "G. PRUD'HOMME 1919" (obv.) |
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| Summary | This bronze plaque was made by Georges-Henri Prud'homme in France, 1919. This plaquette celebrates the return of the regions of Alsace and Lorraine which had been annexed by the German Empire in 1871 and were only returned to France under the terms of the Versailles Peace Treaty, signed 28 June 1919. The images of a young girl from Alsace and Strabourg Cathedral are present in medals by other French artists commissioned by the Paris Mint. Prud'homme's personal style was criticised by the French writer and collector, Classens, as simply repeating old formulas, but in the plaquettes for Alsace and Lorraine a freer approach is acknowledged. |
| Bibliographic reference | Cullen, Lucy, Fisher, Wendy and Jopek, Norbert, 'One by One': European Commemorative Medals for the Great War 1914-1918, London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.84-1920 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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