Medal — Mercury with the Infant Bacchus, Hannaux, Emmanuel, France, 1895-1905
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1895-1905
Medal — Mercury with the Infant Bacchus, Hannaux, Emmanuel, France, 1895-1905 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1895-1905. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, electrotype, by Emmanuel Hannaux, France, ca.
1895-1905. Museum description: This elegant Art Nouveau medal shows an episode from classical mythology in which Mercury holds the infant Bacchus before handing him into the care of nymphs. The museum record gives place associated: France; maker recorded: Hannaux, Emmanuel. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
This elegant Art Nouveau medal shows an episode from classical mythology in which Mercury holds the infant Bacchus before handing him into the care of nymphs.
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Electrotype, uniface
- Maker recorded
- Hannaux, Emmanuel
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 839-1900
- Museum system number
- O111848
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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