Music medal from France

Brodeur, Paul Adrian (1894-1967)

Pillet, Charles H. (1853-1935)


Item type:
numismatic
Date of creation:
ca. 1900-1920
Diameter:
5.0 cm  (2 in.)
64.99 grams
Technique / Medium:
bronze
Place of creation:
Paris (France)

    Item location

  • Yale University Art Gallery
    Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001[Museum inv. no.: 2001.87.27310]

Description

This small medal depicts, on one side, an outdoor scene with a woman listening while a man plays a double aulos; on the other side, a scene with a woman playing violin and a woman playing a grand piano.

Iconclass

48CC78
listening to music - CC - out of doors
48CC75
making music; musician with instrument - CC - out of doors
48C753
more than one musician with instrument
48CC7351
flute, aulos, tibia - CC - out of doors
48C7311
violin, fiddle
48C73331
grand piano

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173] (double)
Violin [3573]
Grand pianoforte [2284]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

6136