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Konrad Reuter Abbot of Kaisersheim

Medal
1527 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Nuremberg (made)

This medal depicts the Abbot of Kaiserheim, Conrad Reutter (1477-1540), who became Abbot in 1509. Reutter was a scholar distinguished in theology, law, music and poetry.
The style of the medal recalls Matthes Gebel's work and may have been executed by him in the workshop of the anonymous Nuremberg master.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Christianity
SCRAN
Object type
Medal
TitleKonrad Reuter Abbot of Kaisersheim (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Silver
Brief description
Medal, silver, Konrad Reuter Abbot of Kaisersheim, Germany (Nuremberg), dated 1527
Physical description
Medal depicts the bust to right of Conrad Reutter, wearing a biretta. Inscription. On the reverse a shield of arms, and a crozier, with the sudarium. Inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.9cm
  • Weight: 32.3g
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CONRADV ABBAS M C[AES]ARIENSIS AETATIS SVAE ANNO L' (Latin; Obverse)
    Translation
    Konrad, Abbot of Kaiserheim at the age of 50
  • 'INSIGNIA EIVSDEM IN DOMINO CONFIDO M DXXVII' (Latin; Reverse)
    Translation
    the Abbot's motto I trust in God
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Provenance: Salting Bequest. George Salting (b. 1836; d. 1909), an Australian who settled in England, bequeathed a large collection of works decorative art to the Museum in 1909.
Production
Nuremberg 1525/6/7 group of medals, formerly ascribed to Ludwig Krug. The style of the medal recalls Matthes Gebel's work and may have been executed by him in the workshop of the anonymous Nuremberg master (see Trusted)
Subjects depicted
Bust
Biretta
Abbot
Escutcheon (Coat of Arms)
Crozier
Sudarium
Reuter, Konrad (Abbot of Kaisersheim)
Summary
This medal depicts the Abbot of Kaiserheim, Conrad Reutter (1477-1540), who became Abbot in 1509. Reutter was a scholar distinguished in theology, law, music and poetry.
The style of the medal recalls Matthes Gebel's work and may have been executed by him in the workshop of the anonymous Nuremberg master.
Bibliographic references
  • Trusted, Marjorie. German Renaissance Medals - a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990, p. 86
  • 'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 58
  • Kahsnitz, Rainer (ed.), Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg 1300-1550, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.382-1910

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Record createdMarch 2, 2004
Record URL
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