1902 LILLE SCIENCE ACADEMY FRENCH ART MEDAL by LEFEBVRE

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Obverse : Woman working at her desk & legend "SOCIETE DES SCIENCES DE LILLE 1802 1902" (coined for the centenary of Lille Scientific Society in 1902), signed by Hippolyte LEFEBVRE Reverse : artist drawing a greek or roman temple & legend "OEUVRE PIE WICAR" Diameter : 38 mm. Silver plated Bronze. 1 inch = 25,4 mm Jean-Baptiste Wicar (22 January 1762, Lille - 27 February 1834, Rome) was a French Neoclassical painter and art collector. The son of a carpenter, Wicar studied drawing at the free school in Lille before further honing his talents in the studio of David. The drawings Wicar created of Tableaux, statues, bas-reliefs et camées de la Galerie de Florence et du palais Pitti ( Paintings, statues, bas-reliefs and cameos in the Gallery of Florence and the Pitti Palace ) were published in Paris in 4 volumes at the Lacombe publishing house from 1789 to 1807. Wicar headed the commission set up by Napoleon I of France to loot artworks from the Austrian Netherlands to enrich museums in France - an initial convoy left Antwerp on 11 August 1794, notably with paintings by Rubens, for the Louvre. Abbeys and castles were systematically emptied of their contents, furniture and works of art. Wicar was also a member of the commission des sciences et des arts on the Italian campaign, in the entourage of Bonaparte. This commission was charged read more

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