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Período
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3ᵃ REPÚBICA (1870-1940)
Século
20
Fase
Década
10
Data
00/00/1917
Fabricante
Assinatura
DANIEL DUPUIS
Desenhista/Gravador
JEAN-BAPTISTE DANIEL DUPUIS
Descrição
ANV./ BUSTO DA REPÚBLICA À DIREITA, COM BARRETE FRÍGIO COBERTO COM FOLHAS DE OLIVEIRA. NO EXERGO, EM INCAVO, O NOME DO GRAVADOR :"DANIEL DUPUIS". LEGENDA CIRCULAR: "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE".
REV./ FIGURA DA REPÚBLICA COM BARRETE FRÍGIO, SENTADA, ESTENDENDO A MÃO PARA UMA CRIANÇA; À DIREITA, CARTOUCHE COM O VALOR "10 C". NO EXERGO, A DATA "1917". À ESQUERDA, O NOME DO GRAVADOR: "DANIEL DUPUIS". LEGENDA: "LIBERTÉ.EGALITÉ.FRATERNITÉ".
BORDA LISA. ORLA LISA. MOEDA LIGEIRAMENTE APAGADA.
Unidade de Medida
Milímetro
Unidade de Massa
Grama
Diâmetro/Módulo
30
Peso
10
Observações
U$ 1.00 VF
U$ 2.00 XF
Histórico
DUPUIS, DANIEL JEAN-BAPTISTE (FRENCH). MEDALLIST, BORN AT BLOIS ON THE 15TH OF FRBRUARY, 1849; DIED AT PARIS, ON 14TH, NOVEMBER, 1899. HE WAS RECEIVED AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN AT THE ECOLE DES BEAX-ARTS, AND OBTEINED THREE YERS LATER THE SECOND PRIX DE ROME FOR MEDAL-ENGRAVING; AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS SELECTED TO THE POST OF DRAWING-MASTER AT THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS OF PARIS.
IN 1872, HE WON THE FIRST GRAND PRIX DE ROME. DURING HIS RESIDENCE AT ROME, THE ARTIST EXECUTED THE PORTRAITS OF HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE VILLA MEDICIS, AND SINCE HIS RETOURN TO PARIS, HE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT EXHIBITOR AT THE SALONS IN THE FOUR SECTIONS OF MEDAL-ENGRAVING, SCULPTURE, PINTING AND DRAWING. THE MEDALLIONS EXECUTED AT ROME, AMONGST WHICH THAT OF MR. LUC OLIVIER MERSON IN SPECIALLY WORTHY OF NOTICE, ARE CAST BY THE PROCESS KNOWN AS "CIRE PERDUE", AND PRESENT THE APPEARANCE OF THE ITALIEN MEDALS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. THE MEDALLIST WAS AWARDED A MEDAL OF THE THIRD CLASS AT SALON OF 1877 AND OBTEINED SUBSEQUENT PRIZES IN 1879, 1883, 1889, 1894 AND 1897 AT VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS IN PARIS, AMSTERDAM, ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, ETC.
HE WAS, SINCE 1881, A KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR AND CADEMY OFFICER, AND IN 1898, HE WAS PROMTED TO THE RANK OF OFFICER OF LEGION OF HONOUR.
HIS UNTIMELY AND TRAGIC END ADDS SYMPATHETIC INTEREST TO THE MEMORY OF HIS GREAT ARTIST. HE WAS SHOT DEAD BY HIS WIFE, WHO SUBSEQUENTELY COMMITED SUICIDE. IT WAS KNOWN THAT MME DANIEL DUPUIS, WHO WAS FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE, OR SOME SIX YEARS YOUNGER THAN HER HUSBAND, HAD FOR SOMETIME PAST SUFFERED FROM NERVOUS DISORDERS, AND AT TIMES LOST HER REASON. SHE HAD DURANT THESE PERIODS EXPRESSED TO HER HUSBAND THE FEAR OF DYING BEFORE HIM. ON THE 14TH NOVEMBER 1899, WHILST M. DANIEL DUPUIS WAS ASLEEP, HIS WIFE SHOT HIM DEAD WITH A REVOLVER, AND THEN TOOK HER OWN LIFE WITH A SECOND BULLET FROM THE SAME WEPON.
BESIDE HIS MEDALLIC WORKS OF WHICH A FULL LIST FOLLOWS, M. DANIEL DUPUIS IS THE AUTHOR OF STATUE AND BAS-RELIEFS FOR THE PARIS HÔTEL DE VILLE. LE DÉPART POUR CYTHÈRE, CHLOE À LA VASQUE, THE FRIEZE OF THE THEATRE OF MORLAIX, ETC, ARE AMONGST HIS MOST CONSPICUOUS WORKS OF SCULPTURE.
THE ARTIST ENGRAVED THE NEW CENT FOR INDO-CHINA, AND THE PRESENT BRONZE COINS OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
L. FORRER - BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY... - VOL 3
Bibliografia
MONNAIES FRANÇAISES 4880, P.458
K-553/61 ED.90
K. 616/61 - ED. 1993
Número MP
33123
Número USP
1021864
Números Anteriores
5204(219)
Compilador/Data
BRANDÃO MARÇO DE 1974