Salon Prize for Sculpture
Jules-Clément Chaplain
late 19th century
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 7.75 cm (3 1/16 in.) gross weight: 229.6 gr (0.506 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Estate of William B. Jordan
Accession Number
2019.45.2
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...