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Andreas Liber

Medal
ca. 1784 (made)
Artist/Maker
Boehm, Josef Daniel (medallist)
Place of origin
Austria (made)

This medal depicting Andreas Liber is made by Josef Daniel Boehm.
Boehm (1794-1865) was court medallist and director of the Imperial Mint at Vienna.
The sitter Andreas Liber (1760-1836) was Prussian General and Court Physician to Emperor Francis I of Austria and Freiherr von Stifft.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Royalty
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleAndreas Liber (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, bust of Andreas Liber Freiherr von Stifft, by Josef Daniel Boehm, Austrian, ca. 1784
Physical description
Obverse: Profile bust of Andreas Liber looking right. Inscribed.
Reverse: Oak branch to left and olive branch to right. Inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.2cm
  • Depth: 0.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ANDREAS LIBER BARO DE STIFFT / I.D. BOEHM F' (obverse)
  • 'LAUREAM / SEMISECVLAREM / CELEBRAT / ORDO / MEDIOCORVM / VINDOBONENSIVM / MDCCCXXXIV / NAT . 29 . NOV . 1760 FROM . 21 AUG . 1784' (reverse)
Object history
Given in the name of Baurat Hartwig Fischel by his son Paul J Gordon-Fischel, Chessington, Surrey, in 1983.
Subject depicted
Liber, Andreas
Summary
This medal depicting Andreas Liber is made by Josef Daniel Boehm.
Boehm (1794-1865) was court medallist and director of the Imperial Mint at Vienna.
The sitter Andreas Liber (1760-1836) was Prussian General and Court Physician to Emperor Francis I of Austria and Freiherr von Stifft.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.6-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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