Brussels International Exhibition
Medal
ca. 1910 (made)
ca. 1910 (made)
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This medal was issued on the occasion of the International Exhibition in Brussels of 1910. It is made by Godefroid Devreese, in ca. 1910. Devreese studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Coutrai in Flanders and under his father, the well-known sculptor Constant Devreese. In 1881 he went to Brussels to under Simonis and Charles van der Stappen. When 24 he gained the second Prix de Rome for his bas relief of The Death of Caesar. In 1889 he obtained a first prize in a competition for sculpture from life opened by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels and in the same year, the gold medal at the Exhibition of Cologne.
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| Title | Brussels International Exhibition (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silvered bronze |
| Brief description | Medal, silvered bronze, Brussels International Exhibition 1910, by Godefroid Devreese, Belgium, ca. 1910 |
| Physical description | Obverse: a man in medieval dress rides a horse (right front leg raised), facing left blowing a horn in his right hand. His long shirt sleeves blowing in the wind behind him. Inscription. Reverse: an allegorical female figure, facing left, laurel wreath in her hair, wearing a long dress and cloak, holding a palm in her left hand. She stands at the top of a staircase and carries a laurel wreath in her right hand, a young craftsman, wearing a long apron, with his sleeves rolled up and holding a tall vase. In the background three elaborate architectural facades. Inscription |
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| Object history | Given by Mrs. Ann Hull-Grundy, in 1978. |
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| Summary | This medal was issued on the occasion of the International Exhibition in Brussels of 1910. It is made by Godefroid Devreese, in ca. 1910. Devreese studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Coutrai in Flanders and under his father, the well-known sculptor Constant Devreese. In 1881 he went to Brussels to under Simonis and Charles van der Stappen. When 24 he gained the second Prix de Rome for his bas relief of The Death of Caesar. In 1889 he obtained a first prize in a competition for sculpture from life opened by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels and in the same year, the gold medal at the Exhibition of Cologne. |
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| Accession number | A.131-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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