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Sebastian Unterholzer and his wife Justina

Medal
1559 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is a silver medal made by the master of the Unterholzer medal. The medal represents Sebastian Unterholzer and his wife Justina Unterholzer.

Habich suggested that the medals representing Sebastian Unterholzer and his two wives were by a medallist active in Nuremberg, or perhaps Munich. The style of the inscriptions recalls Ludwig Neufahrer's work.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSebastian Unterholzer and his wife Justina (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Medal, silver, Sebastian Unterholzer and his wife Justina, by the Master of the Unterholzer Medal, Germany, 1559
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 4.1cm
  • Weight: 35.6g
Object history
The right to bear the arms of the Unterholzer family was bestowed upon Sebastian on 30 September, 1550. For the family arms and genealogy, see Siebmacher (1983), vol. 26.II, p. 443 and plate 209.
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.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This is a silver medal made by the master of the Unterholzer medal. The medal represents Sebastian Unterholzer and his wife Justina Unterholzer.

Habich suggested that the medals representing Sebastian Unterholzer and his two wives were by a medallist active in Nuremberg, or perhaps Munich. The style of the inscriptions recalls Ludwig Neufahrer's work.
Bibliographic references
  • Trusted, Marjorie. German Renaissance Medals: A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990, p. 78
  • 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
  • J. Siebmacher's grosses Wappenbuch: Die Wappen des Adels in Niederösterreich [Reprinted from Bd.4, Abt.4, T.1-2 of Siebmacher’s Wappenbauch. Originally published: Nuremberg, 1909-1918]. Neustadt an der Aisch: Bauer & Raspe, 1983. ISBN 387947026X
Collection
Accession number
151-1867

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Record createdMarch 1, 2004
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