Genius Protecting Humanity against Destiny, Coudray, Marie Alexandre Lucien, ca. 1890 - ca. 1900
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1890 - ca. 1900
This medal representing Genius Protecting Humanity against Destiny is made by Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray, in France in ca. 1890-1900. Uniface medal. A winged figure (Genius) stands on rocky ground at the centre protecting, with her outsstretched cloak, two frightened children (Humanity) - a young naked standing figure looking over its left shoulder and held by an older, kneeling, female wearing a draped tunic who looks to the right where forked lightening is represented above stormy sea. the hem of the kneeling child's tunic drapes over the raised edge of the blank exergue. Signed.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 9.49 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Silver
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- France
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- 'L COUDRAY'
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O313419
- Museum object number
- A.57-1980
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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