Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Master of the Emperor Maximilian Medal (maker)
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This is a brass medal made by the Master of the Emperor Maximilian Medal (active 1558) who may be identical with the Master SB(Severin Brechmann?). There are also correspondences with the work of Hans Falk, and with Lorenz Rosenbaum. This medal is dated 1558 and has only the obverse which represents half-length portrait of Emperor Maximilian II facing left.
Physical description
Copper 94.5%, zinc 4.3%. Iron, nickel and lead also present. A hole has been drilled in the top of the medal.
Date
ca. 1558 (made)
Artist/maker
Master of the Emperor Maximilian Medal (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Brass
Marks and inscriptions
'MAXIMI:D:G:REX - BOEMIAE ARC:DVX AUST' Maximilian by the grace of God King of Bohemia, Archduke of Austria
Dimensions
Diameter: 65.5 mm, Weight: 60.7 g
Object history note
Provenance: Soulanges. M. Jules Soulanges formed a large collection of decorative art mainly between 1830 and 1840. It was exhibited in Marlborough House, London, sponsored by a group of subscribers in 1856. Several objects were purchased by the then Department of Science and Art between 1859 and 1865.
There is an electrotype copy of this medal (inv. no. 1857-94).
Descriptive line
Maximilian II Holy Roman Emperor, brass medal by the Master of the Emperor Maximilian Medal, Germany about 1558
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Trusted, Marjorie. German Renaissance Medals. Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990. 128p., ill. ISBN 1851770135.
Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1865. 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. 41.
Robinson, John Charles. Catalogue of the Soulages Collection. London: Chapman & Hall, 1856. p. 153.
Habich, Georg. ed. Die deutschen Schaumünzen des XVI. Jahrhunderts herausgegeben mit Unterstützung der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Notgemeinschaft der deutschen Wissenschaft Auftrag des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft. München: Bruckmann, 1929-1934. I, II, p. 219. no. 1547. fig. 203.
Subjects depicted
Emperor; Maximilian II (Holy Roman Emperor)
Categories
Portraits; Royalty; Coins & Medals
Collection code
SCP
