In honor of M. Aicard, Advocate, 1889
Medium
Bronze, cast - double
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1893
Accession Number
93.10.69a, b
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,-Clément Chaplain'sIn Honor of M. Aicard, Advocate* (1889) stands as a fine example of late 19th-century French art. This double-sided bronze medal, cast with a diameter of 3 7/8 inches, features intimate profile portraits—likely of the honored advocate M.icard on one side and a woman the other—capturing the era's elegance in miniature form. Gifted to the Museum by Samuel P. Avery 1893, it reflects the growing American interest in European craftsmanship during the Gilded Age. Chaplain, a leading French medallist a...
About the Artist
Jules-Clément Chaplain · 1839–1909
Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839–1909) was a French engraver and medallist who became the most celebrated practitioner of the art medal in late nineteenth-century France. Born in Mortagne-au-Perche in Normandy, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Jouffroy and Oudiné and won the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1863, which enabled him to study in Italy for several years. Chaplain's work...