Medal - Orpheus
Accession Nr.: | 71.183.1 |
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Artist/Maker: |
Coudray, Alexandre-Lucien (1864 - 1932) |
Place of production: | Paris |
Front: the bust of a young man with long hair, looking to the left (Orpheus). He hugs his lyre with his left hand. Back: in the centre, a naked, winged young man sits on an empty inscription plate enframed by laurel boughs. He holds a trumpet in his left and a pen in his right hand. There is a scroll of music notes in front of him, and a violin below the plate. A copy of this piece was bought by Jenő Radisics at the 1900 Paris International Exhibition, from Coudray, who had won a silver medal. The Orpheus medal is one of the most well-known among Coudray's works.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 2.126 (Pandur Ildikó)
- Radisics Jenő: Az 1900. évi nemzetközi párisi világkiállításon vásárolt iparművészeti gyűjtemény leíró jegyzéke. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1901. - Nr. 29.