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Emile Gallé

Plaquette
1901 (cast)
Artist/Maker
Nocq, Henry (medallist)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Henry Nocq’s cast plaquette pays tribute to the Art Nouveau glass made by Emile Gallé. Its delicacy and accuracy rival the best portrait traditions of Renaissance medal making and 19th-century photography. This plaquette was purchased direct from the artist.

Henry Nocq (1868- 1944), was a sculptor and medallist and one of the most qualified representatives of modern French Art. He studied under Chapu, and first began to exhibit at the Paris Salon in 1887.

Object details

Categories
Plaques & Plaquettes
Metalwork
Sculpture
Object type
Plaquette
TitleEmile Gallé (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze, cast, uniface
Bronze
Casting
Brief description
Plaquette, bronze, depicting Emile Gallé, by Henry Nocq, France, dated 1901
Physical description
Plaquette of cast bronze. Emile Gallé. Signed H.N. in monogram (Henry Nocq). Oblong. Bust to right with specimens of pottery on either side; above, EM.GALLE. Below, HOMMAGE CORDIAL DE HENRY NOCQ.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.6cm
  • Width: 12.5cm
Style
Art Nouveau
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'H.N.' (signed in monogram)
    Translation
    Henry Nocq
  • EM.GALLE (above)
  • HOMMAGE CORDIAL DE HENRY NOCQ (below)
Object history
Bought, £2 7s. 11d.
Subject depicted
Gallé, Emile
Summary
Henry Nocq’s cast plaquette pays tribute to the Art Nouveau glass made by Emile Gallé. Its delicacy and accuracy rival the best portrait traditions of Renaissance medal making and 19th-century photography. This plaquette was purchased direct from the artist.

Henry Nocq (1868- 1944), was a sculptor and medallist and one of the most qualified representatives of modern French Art. He studied under Chapu, and first began to exhibit at the Paris Salon in 1887.
Bibliographic references
  • List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Years 1905 - 1908. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, During the Year 1906, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition with Appendix and Indices. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, 1909, p. 25
  • Trusted, Marjorie, ed. The Making of Sculpture. The Materials and Techniques of European Sculpture. London: 2007, p. 87, pl. 146
  • Vandenbrouck-Przybylski, Melanie, ' 'These should without delay be represented in our museum' Nineteenth- and twentieth-century French medals at the V&A', The Medal, No.61, Autumn 2012, pp.21-37, fig.9
  • Fisher, Wendy, French Medal Design in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco Periods, London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 2000.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
162-1906

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Record createdJanuary 20, 2004
Record URL
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