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Frater Rudolph von Roeremonde

Medal
1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hagenauer, Friedrich (maker)

This bronze medal, representing Frater Rudolph von Roermonde is made by Friedrich Hagenauer (active 1525-1544) in Augsburg in 1540.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Christianity
SCRAN
Object type
Medal
TitleFrater Rudolph von Roeremonde (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Frater Rudolph von Roeremonde, bronze medal, by Friedrich Hagenauer, Germany dated 1540
Physical description
Copper 88.5%, tin 6.5%. Lead and nickel also present.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 44mm
  • Weight: 27.3g
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'F:RODOLPHVS CONFESSOR . CHRISTI VIRGINV:IN RVREMVNDA . / . AETATIS LVII . ' (Latin; Obverse)
  • 'BONORV OPERVM / GLORIOSVS EST / FRVCTVS.* / ECCLI. VII. * / M.D.XXXX.*' (Latin; Reverse)
    Translation
    For glorious is the fruit of good labours. Ecclesiastes, 7. 1540
Object history
Bought in 1857 for 10s
Subjects depicted
Bust
Monk
Roeremonde, Rudolph Von (Frater)
Summary
This bronze medal, representing Frater Rudolph von Roermonde is made by Friedrich Hagenauer (active 1525-1544) in Augsburg in 1540.
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, I, No. 638, pl. LXXIX, 5.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
6020-1857

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Record createdFebruary 27, 2004
Record URL
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