1874 Salon Medal for Painting to Louis Priou [reverse]

1874

Alphée Dubois

Associated Names
Alphée Dubois

Medalist, French, 1831 - 1905

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gilded copper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 7.1 cm (2 13/16 inc.)
    gross weight: 155.9 gr (0.156 kg)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3970.b

Associated Artworks

This sculpture is a round golden medallion with a detailed design carved in relief. The scene on the medallion features four people standing and kneeling in front of a large rectangular object that looks like a monument or tombstone. Three of the people wear togas and hold long objects with curved ends, and two of them have circlets of leaves over their short hair. The fourth person on the right wears a long, draped garment and a cloth covering over their long hair. They look to the left, towards what the other three are doing. Surrounding the group are several tall trees. The medallion's edge has a beaded border for decoration. Inscribed at the bottom are the words "ET AMENT MEMINISSE PERITI," with a smaller line of text below them.

The Arcadian Shepherds (Et in Arcadia ego) [obverse]

Alphée Dubois

1874

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by the Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

around circumference: MINISTÈRE DE L'INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE DES CULTES ET DES BEAUX-ARTS; across field: PEINTURE / SALON DE 1874 / PRIOU LOUIS / MÉDAILLE DE 1RE / CLASSE

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