Ingenio et arti (from Latin: For Science and Art)[1] is a Danish medal awarded to prominent Danish and foreign scientists and artists.[2] The honour, a personal award of the Monarch, was instituted by King Christian VIII in 1841,[3] and could be awarded to women as well as men.
| Ingenio et arti | |
|---|---|
 Obverse of the medal | |
| Type | Award medal |
| Awarded for | Awarded to artists (musicians, painters, actors and scientists) who have done extremely noteworthy work. |
| Country |  Denmark |
| Presented by | Frederik X |
| Post-nominals | M.i.&a. |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Established | 31 August 1841 |
| First awarded | 1 December 1841 |
| Last awarded | 2021 |
| Total | 167 |
 Ribbon bar of the medal | |
The reverse shows The Genius of Light, engraved after the 1841 plaster relief by Bertel Thorvaldsen.[4]
The medal is awarded irregularly,[1] on average less than twice per year,[3] and was most recently (as of May 2021[update]) awarded to John Neumeier after the première of his ballet Mahler's 3rd Symphony on 19 May 2021[5] at the Copenhagen Opera House.[6]
Recipients
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edit- ^ a b "For videnskab og kunst medaljen Ingenio et arti" [For science and art: the Ingenio et Arti medal]. Litterære priser, medaljer, legater mv [Literary prizes, medals, scholarships, etc] (in Danish). litteraturpriser.dk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010. List of recipients. Self-published, but with references
- ^ a b c d e f "Medals". Official site. Danmarks Nationalbank. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Ingenio et Arti". SkibDen.dk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Online medal-database of medals from the Kingdom of Denmark. Self-published.
- ^ "The Genius of Light, 1841". Thorvaldsens Museum. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021.
- ^ "HM The Queen awards the medal Ingenio et arti to John Neumeier" (Press release). Copenhagen: The Royal House. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Mahler's Third Symphony". Det Kongelige Teater. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Durholm, Emilie Boe Bierlich. "Bertha Wegmann 1847–1926". Hirschsprung Museum. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
[In 1892 Bertha Wegmann] became one of the first women to receive the Gold Medal of merit Ingenio et Arti.
An example of an early female recipient. - ^ Høgel, Sten (2003). "Ulrich, Emilie". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (online ed.). Copenhagen: KVINFO. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Remar, Dorte (27 December 2013). "Alting hænger så vidunderligt sammen" [Everything fits together so wonderfully]. Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Westh, Jan René (21 January 2021). "A rarely awarded Ingenio et Arti medal". Orders and Medals Society of Denmark. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. [da]&rft.date=2021-01-21&rft.aulast=Westh&rft.aufirst=Jan René&rft_id=https://www.omsd.dk/Articles/en/article_en.aspx?id=20210123-1&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ingenio et arti" class="Z3988">
External links
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- "Denmark". World Orders and Medals (in Danish). ordersandmedals.net. Retrieved 5 September 2010. Provides details including pictures of obverse and reverse with ribbon of Ingenio et Arti medals awarded to actress Anna Bloch in 1910, sculptor Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen in 1927 and actress Clara Pontoppidan in 1931. Self-published. Navigation in English.
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