Medal: Le Vêtement du Prisonnier de Guerre
medalist
Max Blondat
(Crain, France, 1872 - 1925, Paris)
artist after
Jean Louis Forain
(Reims, 1852 - 1931, Paris)
Date1914
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumBronze plaquette
Dimensions7 x 4.1 x 0.3 cm (2 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsMedals and Medallions
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM11n9.a
eMuseum ID722711
EmbARK ObjectID15137
TMS Source ID3742
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis World War I medal made by the French sculptor Max Blondat (1879-1926) was based on a work by the Impressionist painter Jean Louis Forain (1852-1931). Featuring a study of a French prisoner of war, it was produced to raise funds for the charity - Clothes for Prisoners of War Agency.
BibliographyNotesImperial War Museums, United Kingdom, accessed 2013. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/2586
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 19-20.
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 19-20.
MarksNotesInscribed in relief (obverse, on rock): Forain
Signed in relief (left lower corner): Max Blondat d'apres Forain
Inscribed in relief (reverse): Le Vêtement du Prisonnier de Guerre. Fondé en Décembre 1914. À ceux qui l'ont créé À ceux qui l'ont aidé. [Clothes for the prisoners of war, founded in December 1914, to those who have created it, to those who have rendered assistance]
Printed label (bottom of case): V.S-Canale / Graveur-Editeur/ Medailles / et Plaquettes / Moderns / 37 Quai de L'Horloge / Paris
Signed in relief (left lower corner): Max Blondat d'apres Forain
Inscribed in relief (reverse): Le Vêtement du Prisonnier de Guerre. Fondé en Décembre 1914. À ceux qui l'ont créé À ceux qui l'ont aidé. [Clothes for the prisoners of war, founded in December 1914, to those who have created it, to those who have rendered assistance]
Printed label (bottom of case): V.S-Canale / Graveur-Editeur/ Medailles / et Plaquettes / Moderns / 37 Quai de L'Horloge / Paris
ProvenanceNotesProbably sold through the dealer of medals Victor Canale (1883-1959), Paris in 1914.
Possibly a gift from congressman A. Piatt Andrew (1873-1936) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1914.
Possibly a gift from congressman A. Piatt Andrew (1873-1936) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1914.
