Augustin Loesch, Chancellor of the Duchy of Bavaria
- Object:
- Place of origin:
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Hagenauer, Friedrich, born 1490 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Sculpture, room 111, case DR13
- Download image
Like many German sculptors, Hagenauer carved his models in wood. This accounts for the accuracy and linear clarity of his work. His medals frequently show the sitter’s head in profile with the shoulders turned frontally and the date sunk into the field of the medal. Many were later copied for wooden gaming pieces. The legend in Latin reads, ‘The image of Augustin Loesch of Hilkers, doctor of law, Chancellor of the Duchy of Bavaria’.
Physical description
Obv. only, bust of Augustin Loesch facing right, clean-shaven, wearing a low hat with upturned flaps, and a gown with a richly decorated collar.
Place of Origin
Germany (South, made)
Date
1526 (made)
Artist/maker
Hagenauer, Friedrich, born 1490 (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Lead, cast
Marks and inscriptions
'EFFIGIES.AVGVSTINI.LESCH.DE HILKERS . I . V. DOC . BAIO . DVCVM . CANCELLA' The image of Augustin Loesch of Hilkers, doctor of law, Chancellor of the Duchy of Bavaria
'M.D. - XXVI'
Dimensions
Diameter: 71 mm, Weight: 80.1 g
Object history note
Provenance: Tross. 140 medals and reliefs were purchased from M. Henri Tross of Paris for £500 by J.C. Robinson for the Museum in 1867.
Descriptive line
Augustin Loesch Chancellor of the Duchy of Bavaria, lead medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, Germany dated 1526
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Trusted, Marjorie. German Renaissance Medals: A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990. p. 57.
Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1867. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868., p. 20.
Cf. Scher, Stephen, K. ed. The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance. New York: H.N. Abrams in association with the Frick Collection, 1994. pp. 228-230. cat. no. 92. Exhibition held National Gallery, Washington, Frick Collection, New York and Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. January 1994-January 1995.
Materials
Lead
Subjects depicted
Bust; Chancellor; Loesch, Augustin (Chancellor of the Duchy of Bavaria)
Categories
Portraits; Sculpture; Coins & Medals
Collection code
SCP
