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Plaque

ca. 1475 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Frankfurt (made)

Circular bronze plaque.

Object details

Object type
Plaque
Brief description
Bronze, painted and gilt, South German (probably Frankfurt), ca. 1475.
Physical description
Circular bronze plaque.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 36.5cm
  • Depth: 3.5cm
  • Weight: 7.12kg
Gallery label
ARMS OF BARTOLOMAEUS HEIDELBERGER AND HIS WIFE
Bronze, painted and gilt
South German (probably Frankfurt); about 1475
This coat of arms was intended to form part of a memorial to Heidelberger who was a prominent Frankfurt goldsmith. Such figures not only ran workshops producing objects of the type seen in this case but also were persons of some standing within their own urban communities and often significant in their own right.
MEDALLION
Copper, painted and gilt
Inscribed: Bartholome . beydelberg . goldsmytt . und Cristina . syn . ehrhe . haussfraume . von . franckfurt den . got . genade
German; c.1500
There appears to be no other record of the Frankfurt goldsmith who is commemorated in this medallion, which he may have made himself.
Bibliographic reference
Goldene Pracht: Mittelalterliche Schatzkunst in Westfalen. Münster: Hirmer. pp. 278-279, no. 129.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
7796-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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