About the Artwork
School of Industrial Art
between 1889 and 1909
Jules Clement Chaplain
1839-1909
French
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Bronze
Overall: 2 5/8 inches (6.7 cm)
Medals
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
City of Detroit Purchase
22.195
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Signed, on either side, along lower left edge: J.C. CHAPLAIN
Inscribed, obverse, in exergue: FERDdDUTERT | ARCHITECT Inscribed, reverse: ECOLE NATIONALE DES ARTS INDUSTRIELS FONDEE PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE AVEC LE CONCOURS DE LA VILLE DE ROUBAIX INAUGUREE LE 1er OCTOBRE 1890. Inscribed, along left edge: EXEMPLAIRE DE COLLECTION.
Provenance
(Paris Mint, Paris, France);1922-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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R.P. "French Medals Acquired," Bulletin of the DIA 4, no. 8 (1923): pp. 67-68, p. 67 (ill.).
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Jules Clement Chaplain, School of Industrial Art, between 1889 and 1909, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 22.195.
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