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
Rights
Public Domain
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...