Conrad Peutinger of Augsburg
Gamespiece
ca. 1550 (made)
ca. 1550 (made)
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This wooden medallion was almost certainly used as a games-piece. The depth of the turned wood border would protect the gesso portrait within during use. Games of skill such as chess and draughts with their chivalric and military associations had deep roots in patrician leisure, and Luxury boards and games-pieces became common possesions amongst the elite of Renaissance Europe.
Probably produced in series, sets of such games- pieces comprised of perhaps thirty-two pieces, which have subsequently been split up and in part lost. It is likely that they were made in Augsburg in the mid-sixteenth century, copied from slightly earlier medals by Friedrich Hagenauer and others. Emminent personages such as Charles V or his brother Ferdinand are usually portrayed on this type of games-piece.
Probably produced in series, sets of such games- pieces comprised of perhaps thirty-two pieces, which have subsequently been split up and in part lost. It is likely that they were made in Augsburg in the mid-sixteenth century, copied from slightly earlier medals by Friedrich Hagenauer and others. Emminent personages such as Charles V or his brother Ferdinand are usually portrayed on this type of games-piece.
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Title | Conrad Peutinger of Augsburg (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Turned pearwood stained black, and gesso |
Brief description | Gamespiece, pearwood and gesso, Conrad Peutinger of Augsburg, after Hans Schwarz, Germany, ca. 1550 |
Physical description | Draughtsman of turned pearwood, stained black, with a portrait of Conrad Peutinger of Augsburg in coloured gesso. Obverse, profile bust to the left; around the border is painted the inscription CHVONRAVS PEVTINGER DOCTOR A AUGUSTAE. Reverse, blank with concentric circles. |
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Credit line | Salting Bequest |
Object history | Provenance: Spitzer Collection. Frédéric Spitzer (b. 1815; d. 1890) was born in Vienna, and settled in Paris in 1852. He amassed a large collection of works of art, which were housed in l'hotel de la rue Villejust, known as the Musée Spitzer. The collection was auctioned in Paris in 1893. Provenance: Salting Bequest. George Salting (b. 1836; d. 1909), an Australian who settled in England, bequeathed a large collection of works decorative art to the Museum in 1909. |
Production | Based on Hans Schwarz's (unclothed) portrait of Peutinger. |
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Summary | This wooden medallion was almost certainly used as a games-piece. The depth of the turned wood border would protect the gesso portrait within during use. Games of skill such as chess and draughts with their chivalric and military associations had deep roots in patrician leisure, and Luxury boards and games-pieces became common possesions amongst the elite of Renaissance Europe. Probably produced in series, sets of such games- pieces comprised of perhaps thirty-two pieces, which have subsequently been split up and in part lost. It is likely that they were made in Augsburg in the mid-sixteenth century, copied from slightly earlier medals by Friedrich Hagenauer and others. Emminent personages such as Charles V or his brother Ferdinand are usually portrayed on this type of games-piece. |
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Accession number | A.519-1910 |
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Record created | January 6, 2004 |
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