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Jules Clément Chaplain
(12th Jul, 1839 - 13th Jul, 1909)
Projet de médaille
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Madeleine Coursaget
Paris, musée d'Orsay, conservé au musée du Louvre
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Keywords:
Allegory (all)
centaur (mythology)
médaille (représentée)
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About the artwork
Title:
Projet de médaille
Periods:
20th century
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
XIXth century
XXth century
Techniques:
wash with brown
tracing paper
blacklead
Dimensions:
259 x 210
Inventory number:
RF15349recto
Detail:
Annoté en haut : "Pour la conservation des forêts, des paysages et des beautés naturelles du sol". Devise de la première médaille : 'Terrarum decus'. Devise de la deuxième médaille : 'Sylvae servandae'.
About the author(s)
Author:
Jules Clément Chaplain
Also known as:
Jules-Clement Chaplain
Jules-Clément Chaplain
Born:
12th Jul, 1839
Dead:
13th Jul, 1909
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jules-Clément Chaplain
(12 July 1839 – 13 July 1909) was a French sculptor and one of its finest medallists. With Louis Oscar Roty (1846–1911) he helped found the Art Nouveau movement. Chaplain was born in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, and in 1857 entered the École des Beaux-Arts where he studied sculpture under François Jouffroy and medals under Eugène Oudiné. In 1863 he won the Prix de Rome for medal-engraving and worked in Rome 1864-1868. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1863, receiving…
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