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Brussels International Exhibition

Medal
ca. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBrussels 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
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 6.8cm
  • Depth: 0.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE. EXPOSITION. UNIVERSELLE DE BRUXELLES. 1910./ G. DEVREESE "WHITE STAR LINE" [monogrammed] 'AM' (obverse)
  • '1910' (reverse)
Object history
Given by Mrs. Ann Hull-Grundy, in 1978.
Subjects depicted
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, I, pp. 574-7
  • Godefroid Devreese tentoonstelling, Brussels : Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, Ministerie van openbaar onderwijs, 1941 81
Collection
Accession number
A.131-1978

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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