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Lukas Sitzinger the Elder of Nuremberg

Medal
1554 (made)
Artist/Maker
Deschler, Joachim (maker)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

This cast silver medal, cast silver depicts Lukas Stizinger, The Elder of Nuremberg. he is shown in profile turned to the right wearing a hat. On the reverse a shield of arms with helmet, crest of a male demi-figure carrying a club and a mantling are engraved. The medal was probably made in the year of the sitter's death at the age of seventy-two.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Coins & Medals
Portraits
SCRAN
Object type
Medal
TitleLukas Sitzinger the Elder of Nuremberg (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Lukas Sitzinger the Elder of Nuremberg, silver medal, by Joachim Deschler, Germany, dated 1554
Physical description
Medal, cast silver. Obv.: LVCAS.; SYCZINGER. AETATIS. SVAE. 72. Bust to right, wearing a hat. (In the field the figure 2 engraved) Rev.: AETERNA. MEMORIA. IVSTI. A shield of arms with helmet, crest and mantling.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 45mm
  • Weight: 34.4g
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'LVCAS . SYCZINGER . AETATIS . SVAE . 72' (Latin; Obverse)
  • '2' (In the field of the obverse; incising)
  • '1554' (Date; Obverse, on the truncation)
  • 'MEMORIA . IVSTI . AETERNA .' (Latin; Reverse)
    Translation
    The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. (Psalms, 112, 6)
Object history
Bought in 1900 for £9 15s 6d from Herr Adolph Hess, Nachfolger, Mainzer Landstrasse 49, Frankfurt-am-Main
Subjects depicted
Bust
Coat of Arms
Sitzinger, Lukas (The Elder of Nuremberg)
Summary
This cast silver medal, cast silver depicts Lukas Stizinger, The Elder of Nuremberg. he is shown in profile turned to the right wearing a hat. On the reverse a shield of arms with helmet, crest of a male demi-figure carrying a club and a mantling are engraved. The medal was probably made in the year of the sitter's death at the age of seventy-two.
Bibliographic references
  • Trusted, Marjorie. German Renaissance Medals. Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990. 128p., ill. ISBN 1851770135.
  • List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1900. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons. 1903. pp.127
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
830-1900

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Record createdFebruary 24, 2004
Record URL
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