This plaquette with the title 'La Grande Source de Vittel' is made by François-Paul Niclausse. He was born in Metz and lived at Bisset de Saint Augustin (Seine et Marne). He was one of the French medallists who exhibited at the Exposition Internationale et Universelle de Bruxelles, 1910, where, for the first time in such an exhibition, medals formed a separate section.  An identical plaquette is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Physical description

Plaquette mounted on margle depicting a female nude seated on clouds with her arms resting on an ewer spilling liquid (Vittel) down to a section of a globe showing France.

Place of Origin

France.

Date

ca. 1909 (made)

Artist/maker

Niclausse, François-Paul (medallist)

Materials and Techniques

Bronze mounted on jasper (?)

Marks and inscriptions

'F P NICLAUSSE (upper left) / LA GRANDE SOURCE DE VITTEL (lower right)'

Dimensions

Height: 4 3/4", Width: 3 3/8"

Descriptive line

Plaquette, bronze, La Grande Soruce de Vittel, by François-Paul Niclausse, French. ca. 1909

Materials

Bronze/ Marble.

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