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Sebald Schreier

Medal
1512 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Sommer, Johann Wilhelm (maker)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

This lead medal, made in Germany and dated 1512, represents Sebald Schreyer. The style of the medal suggests the work of the nineteenth-century medallist Johann Wilhelm Sommer (b. 1806-1872). According to the compilers of the catalogue of the Kress Collection, the stone model for the medal was in the possession of Freiherr Guido von Volkamer of Munich.

Sebald Schreyer (1446-1520) was the Nuremberg Stadtschreiber and Kirchenpfleger of St. Sebald. The image on this medal may be based on an 18th century engraving after one of the contemporary representations of him.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Fakes & Forgeries
Object type
Medal
TitleSebald Schreier (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Lead
Lead
Brief description
Medal, lead, Sebald Schreyer, probably by Johann Wilhelm Sommer, Germany, dated 1512
Physical description
Obv. only, bust of "Sebald Schreier" facing right, clean-shaven. wearing a cap and gown.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 9.2cm
  • Weight: 343.7g
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SEBALDVS - SCHREIER' (Obverse)
  • '1512' (Date; Obverse, in the field to the left of the bust)
  • 'AD' (Monogram; Obverse)
    Translation
    Dürer's momgram
Object history
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
Bust
Schreyer, Sebald
Summary
This lead medal, made in Germany and dated 1512, represents Sebald Schreyer. The style of the medal suggests the work of the nineteenth-century medallist Johann Wilhelm Sommer (b. 1806-1872). According to the compilers of the catalogue of the Kress Collection, the stone model for the medal was in the possession of Freiherr Guido von Volkamer of Munich.

Sebald Schreyer (1446-1520) was the Nuremberg Stadtschreiber and Kirchenpfleger of St. Sebald. The image on this medal may be based on an 18th century engraving after one of the contemporary representations of him.
Bibliographic references
  • Trusted, Marjorie. German Renaissance Medals, A Catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.. London, 1990, p. 105
  • 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. 22
  • Maué, H. Review of German Renaissance Medals. The Medal. Spring, 1991, no. 18, p. 106, figs. 5, 6
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
176-1867

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
Record URL
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