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Pope Leo XIII

Medal
1901 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This medal was made by Rudolf Marschall and depicts the bust of Pope Leo XIII.
Marschall (1873-1967) was an Austrian medallist and sculptor. Born in Vienna, he studied at the School of Engraving under Stefan Schwartz, Schulmeister and Zapf and
later studied medallic art under Tautenahyn. He became the court medalist of the Emperor in 1903. From 1905 he was director of Vienna's medal school. At the ANS expo of
contemporary medallic art in New York in 1910 he exhibited forty-one pieces.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePope Leo XIII (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Pope Leo XIII, by Rudolf Marschall, Austrian, 1901
Physical description
Obverse: Profile portrait of Leo XIII looking right. Inscribed.
Reverse: A landscape with three trees on a rocky promontory to the left and the silhouette of St Peters, Rome on the horizon. Inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 6cm
  • Depth: 0.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'LEO XIII / MCM R. MARSCHALL' (obverse)
  • 'Reclusit thesauros Ecclesiae / anno sancto / Leo . a. XIII' (reverse)
Object history
Given in the name of Baurat Hartwig Fischel by his son Paul J Gordon-Fischel, Chessington, Surrey, in 1983.
Subject depicted
Summary
This medal was made by Rudolf Marschall and depicts the bust of Pope Leo XIII.
Marschall (1873-1967) was an Austrian medallist and sculptor. Born in Vienna, he studied at the School of Engraving under Stefan Schwartz, Schulmeister and Zapf and
later studied medallic art under Tautenahyn. He became the court medalist of the Emperor in 1903. From 1905 he was director of Vienna's medal school. At the ANS expo of
contemporary medallic art in New York in 1910 he exhibited forty-one pieces.
Collection
Accession number
A.5-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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