Live auction - fme_829301 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Plaquette, Exposition Universelle
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Live starting : Type : Plaquette, Exposition Universelle
Date: 1905
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Liège
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 63,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver VERNON (de) Frédéric Charles Victor (1858-1912)
Weight : 152,19 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène, des taches d’oxydation à l’avers et au revers. Reste de colle au revers. Présence de quelques rayures. Faible usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Trois femmes dans un décor d’architecture, l’une tenant un panier de fleur et l’autre un parchemin inscrit 1830-1905. Signé : F. VERNON.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EXPOSITION UNIVERS.LE / ET INTERNAT.LE / DE LIÈGE // 1905 / SECTION / FRANÇAISE.
Reverse description : Vue de ville, avec une palme au premier plan et un ruban inscrit autour de la palme.
Commentary
Dimensions de la plaquette : 63,5*73 mm.
Inscription “Comité français des exposition” sur ruban au revers.
Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon, né le 17 novembre 1858 à Paris où il est mort le 28 octobre 1912, est un sculpteur et graveur en médailles français. Il fut élève à l’École des beaux-arts où il eut pour professeurs Jules Cavelier (1814-1894), Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839-1909) et Paulin Tasset (1839-?).
En 1881, il obtint le premier second grand Prix de Rome et en 1887 le premier grand prix de Rome, à la suite de quoi il passa trois années à la villa Médicis. Membre de la Société des artistes français depuis 1896, il fut élu membre de l'Académie des beaux-arts en 1909. Il eut pour élève, entre autres, Pierre Turin.
Son fils Jean de Vernon (1897-1975), est également un graveur, médailleur et un sculpteur français. Un prix de gravure porte son nom et celui de son fils Jean : Prix Frédéric et Jean de VERNON - Gravure..
Dimensions of the plaque: 63.5*73 mm. Inscription “French Exhibition Committee” on ribbon on the reverse. Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon, born on November 17, 1858 in Paris where he died on October 28, 1912, is a French sculptor and medal engraver. He was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts where his teachers were Jules Cavelier (1814-1894), Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839-1909) and Paulin Tasset (1839-?). In 1881, he won the first second Grand Prix de Rome and in 1887 the first Grand Prix de Rome, after which he spent three years at the Villa Medici. A member of the Society of French Artists since 1896, he was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1909. His students included Pierre Turin, among others. His son Jean de Vernon (1897-1975) was also a French engraver, medalist, and sculptor. An engraving prize is named after him and his son Jean: Prix Frédéric et Jean de VERNON - Engraving.
Inscription “Comité français des exposition” sur ruban au revers.
Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon, né le 17 novembre 1858 à Paris où il est mort le 28 octobre 1912, est un sculpteur et graveur en médailles français. Il fut élève à l’École des beaux-arts où il eut pour professeurs Jules Cavelier (1814-1894), Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839-1909) et Paulin Tasset (1839-?).
En 1881, il obtint le premier second grand Prix de Rome et en 1887 le premier grand prix de Rome, à la suite de quoi il passa trois années à la villa Médicis. Membre de la Société des artistes français depuis 1896, il fut élu membre de l'Académie des beaux-arts en 1909. Il eut pour élève, entre autres, Pierre Turin.
Son fils Jean de Vernon (1897-1975), est également un graveur, médailleur et un sculpteur français. Un prix de gravure porte son nom et celui de son fils Jean : Prix Frédéric et Jean de VERNON - Gravure..
Dimensions of the plaque: 63.5*73 mm. Inscription “French Exhibition Committee” on ribbon on the reverse. Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon, born on November 17, 1858 in Paris where he died on October 28, 1912, is a French sculptor and medal engraver. He was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts where his teachers were Jules Cavelier (1814-1894), Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839-1909) and Paulin Tasset (1839-?). In 1881, he won the first second Grand Prix de Rome and in 1887 the first Grand Prix de Rome, after which he spent three years at the Villa Medici. A member of the Society of French Artists since 1896, he was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1909. His students included Pierre Turin, among others. His son Jean de Vernon (1897-1975) was also a French engraver, medalist, and sculptor. An engraving prize is named after him and his son Jean: Prix Frédéric et Jean de VERNON - Engraving.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II
(10/12/1865-17/12/1909)
Leopold II (9/04/1835-17/12/1909) is the eldest son of Leopold I and Louise d'Orléans. He married Marie-Henriette, Archduchess of Austria, who bore him three daughters: Louise, Stéphanie, and Clémentine. He relied on England to repel the aims of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic and industrial development of Belgium, which also became a great colonial power thanks to the personal annexation of the Congo by the king at the Congress of Berlin in 1885. Without a male heir, his nephew Albert I succeeded him. in 1909. He bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.
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