Cardinal Christopher Widman
Medal
1648 (made)
1648 (made)
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This bronze medal depicts Cardinal Christopher Widmann (made Cardinal in 1647). The medal can be compared with a wax portrait of the same sitter (see inv.no. A.32-1932), perhaps made at an earlier date. Johann Jacob Kornmann (d. after 1672) was a goldsmith originally from Augsburg, who worked initially in Venice, and then in Rome from 1630 to 1650, eventually becoming a medallist at the Papal Mint in Rome.
Object details
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| Title | Cardinal Christopher Widman (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Medal, bronze, depicting Cardinal Christopher Widman, by Johann Kornmann, Italy (Rome), 1648 |
| Physical description | Medal depicts, on the obverse, bust to the right, wearing a biretta and robes of Cardinal Christopher Widmann. With the inscription: CHRISTOPHORVS.S.R.E.CARD.VIDMAN. Signed on the truncation: OPVS.CORMANI. On the reverse: ODIT.TAMEN.OTIA.VICTOR. Two horses at a winning post. In the exergue M.DC.XXXXVIII |
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| Credit line | Given by Max Rosenheim FSA, through Art Fund |
| Object history | Given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A., through the National Art Collection Fund |
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| Summary | This bronze medal depicts Cardinal Christopher Widmann (made Cardinal in 1647). The medal can be compared with a wax portrait of the same sitter (see inv.no. A.32-1932), perhaps made at an earlier date. Johann Jacob Kornmann (d. after 1672) was a goldsmith originally from Augsburg, who worked initially in Venice, and then in Rome from 1630 to 1650, eventually becoming a medallist at the Papal Mint in Rome. |
| Bibliographic reference | List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Years 1905 - 1908. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, During the Year 1906, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition with Appendix and Indices. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, 1909, p. 70 |
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| Accession number | 385-1906 |
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| Record created | May 5, 2005 |
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