Marriage Medal
Medal
1895 (made)
1895 (made)
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This silver marriage medal is made by Louis Oscar Roty in France in 1895. The medal and a related drawing were exhibited by Roty at the Brussels Exhibition of 1910, where, for the first time, medals were exhibited as a separate category.
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.
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 | Marriage Medal (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Struck silver |
| Brief description | Medal, silver, marriage medal, by Louis Oscar Roty, French, 1895 |
| Physical description | Obverse: male and female seated figures wearing classical draperies face each other. The man holds the woman's hand in his left hand and in his right ho holds a ring. The landscape setting recedes to a tree in the middle distance and stylised sunrays beyond. A Lily is shown to the left of the female. Signed and dated. Reverse: Landscape setting with oak tree covered in trailing ivy, beyond is a fountain with a dolphin waterspout, surmounted by the figure of a winged cupid holding a bow. A lake and mountains are shown in the distance. Exergue blank. |
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| Object history | Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1980. |
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| Summary | This silver marriage medal is made by Louis Oscar Roty in France in 1895. The medal and a related drawing were exhibited by Roty at the Brussels Exhibition of 1910, where, for the first time, medals were exhibited as a separate category. 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. |
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| Accession number | A.37-1980 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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