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Amicus Taegius, a lawyer from Milan

Medal
ca. 1529 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gebel, Matthes (maker)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

This medal depicting Amicus Taegius is made by Matthes Gebel in Germany in ca. 1529.

According to Habich, Amicus Taegius acted as ambassador for Francesco II Sforza in Germany, and several letters from Christoph II Scheurl to him indicate his link with Nuremberg.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Coins & Medals
Portraits
SCRAN
Object type
Medal
TitleAmicus Taegius, a lawyer from Milan (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Brass
Brass
Brief description
Amicus Taegius, lawyer from Milan, brass medal by Matthes Gebel, Germany about 1529
Physical description
Copper 86.9%, zinc 9.4&, tin 2%. Lead and nickel also present.
Medal depicts: Obv.: Bust of Amicus Taegius, facing right, bare-headed and bearded.
Rev.: Coat of arms with helmet and mantling, supported by a half-draped female figure, seated in a landscape.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 40mm
  • Weight: 20.9g
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AMICVS . TAEGIVS . CO . DOC . ET . EQVES . ' (obverse)
    Translation
    obv.: Amicus Taegius, courtier, scholar and knight rev.: the further growth of inherited virtue is proper to a hero
  • ''S EMATA . VIRTVTI . ADACTA . HEROVM . PROPRIA . ' (Latin; Reverse)
    Translation
    The further growth of inherited virtue is proper to a hero
  • S(T) EMATA.VIRTVTI.ADA(V)CTA.HEROVM.PROPRIA. (reverse)
Object history
Bought in 1857 for 10s.
A similar medal of Amicus Taegius (Habich I, 2, p. 145, no. 994) is dated 1529, hence the approximate date for this medal.

Historical significance: According to Habich, Amicus Taegius acted as ambassador for Francesco II Sforza in Germany, and several letters from Christoph II Scheurl to him indicate his link with Nuremberg.
Production
A similar medal of Amicus Taegius (Habich I, 2, p. 145, no. 994) is dated 1529, hence the approximate date for this medal.
Subjects depicted
Bust
Woman
Coat of Arms
Female
Helmet
Taegius, Amicus
Summary
This medal depicting Amicus Taegius is made by Matthes Gebel in Germany in ca. 1529.

According to Habich, Amicus Taegius acted as ambassador for Francesco II Sforza in Germany, and several letters from Christoph II Scheurl to him indicate his link with Nuremberg.
Bibliographic references
  • Trusted, Marjorie. German Renaissance Medals. Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990. 128p., ill. ISBN 1851770135.
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1857. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 26.
  • Habich, catalogue, I, II, p. 145, no. 995, pl. CXX, 8.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
6024-1857

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2004
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