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[Chopin, Frédéric. (1810–1849)] Pleyel, Camille. (1788–1855) [Oudiné, Eugène André. (1810 - 1887)]. Silver Medal, 1861.
Silver Medal, 1861, by Oudiné, featuring a left-facing bust portrait of the virtuoso pianist, piano manufacturer and important music publisher, surround inscribed "C.PLEYEL FONDATEUR," obverse with a piano and floating angel with lyre and laurels, "PLEYEL WOLFF ET CIE FACTEURS DE PIANOS." 51 mm. 63.62 grams. Niggl 1607.
The owner of Pleyel et Cie, Joseph Étienne Camille Pleyel was a French virtuoso pianist and also ran a concert hall, the Salle Pleyel, where Frédéric Chopin played the first and last of his concerts in Paris. The youngest son of Ignace Joseph Pleyel, Camille studied with Jan Dussek. He became a partner of his father in 1815 and owner of the firm after his death in 1831. His salons hosted the greatest talents of his day in France. He was a close friend of Chopin and went with him on the concert trip to London in 1837. The Pleyel publishing house printed such Chopin's op.. 16, 17 and 19 and Chopin dedicated his Nocturnes Op. 9 to Pleyel's wife.
French sculptor and engraver of medals and coins, Oudiné may be considered the father of the modern medal. He devoted himself from the beginning to the medallist's branch of sculpture, although he also excelled in monumental sculpture and portrait busts. Having taken the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1831, he had a sensational success with his Wounded Gladiator, which he exhibited in the same year. He subsequently occupied official posts as designer, first to the Inland Revenue Office, and then to the Mint.
[Chopin, Frédéric. (1810–1849)] Pleyel, Camille. (1788–1855) [Oudiné, Eugène André. (1810 - 1887)]. Silver Medal, 1861.
Silver Medal, 1861, by Oudiné, featuring a left-facing bust portrait of the virtuoso pianist, piano manufacturer and important music publisher, surround inscribed "C.PLEYEL FONDATEUR," obverse with a piano and floating angel with lyre and laurels, "PLEYEL WOLFF ET CIE FACTEURS DE PIANOS." 51 mm. 63.62 grams. Niggl 1607.
The owner of Pleyel et Cie, Joseph Étienne Camille Pleyel was a French virtuoso pianist and also ran a concert hall, the Salle Pleyel, where Frédéric Chopin played the first and last of his concerts in Paris. The youngest son of Ignace Joseph Pleyel, Camille studied with Jan Dussek. He became a partner of his father in 1815 and owner of the firm after his death in 1831. His salons hosted the greatest talents of his day in France. He was a close friend of Chopin and went with him on the concert trip to London in 1837. The Pleyel publishing house printed such Chopin's op.. 16, 17 and 19 and Chopin dedicated his Nocturnes Op. 9 to Pleyel's wife.
French sculptor and engraver of medals and coins, Oudiné may be considered the father of the modern medal. He devoted himself from the beginning to the medallist's branch of sculpture, although he also excelled in monumental sculpture and portrait busts. Having taken the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1831, he had a sensational success with his Wounded Gladiator, which he exhibited in the same year. He subsequently occupied official posts as designer, first to the Inland Revenue Office, and then to the Mint.