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Medal - Wolf Ketzel of Nuremberg

Wolf Ketzel of Nuremberg

  • Object:

    Medal

  • Place of origin:

    Germany (made)

  • Date:

    1525 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Brass

  • Museum number:

    145-1867

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This is a brass medal made in Nuremberg, 1525. This medal has only the obverse which represents Wolf Ketzel. He is represented in three-quarters face, which is seen in some of the medals attributed to the anonymous Nuremberg medallist, but is rare in medals by other artists before about 1550.

Physical description

Obv. only, bust of Wolf Ketzel facing 3/4 left, with a long moustache and wearing a low cap with side flags up, and two chains.

Place of Origin

Germany (made)

Date

1525 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Brass

Marks and inscriptions

'WOLF KECZEL ZC:ZC M:D:XXV'

Dimensions

Diameter: 45 mm, Weight: 45.3 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

Wolf Ketzel of Nuremberg, brass medal, Germany (Nuremberg) 1525

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. 84.
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.

Production Note

Nuremberg 1525/6/7 group

Subjects depicted

Bust; Ketzel, Wolf (of Nuremberg)

Categories

Portraits; Coins & Medals

Collection code

SCP

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