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The capture of Buda Pest

Medal
ca. 1686 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This medal commemorates the liberation of Buda, by Leopold I from the Ottomans in 1686. Buda on the right bank of the river Danube, and Pest on the left, were to be unified as Budapest in 1873.

Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer was a counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, 1660-1700, where he was Mint-master and Chief Mint-Warden of the district of Franconia. He is said to have introduced at Nuremberg the coining-press, which was then already in use in England and France. It is very likely that his activity in Nuremberg extended to the early part of the 18th century, until about 1717, when his son Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer succeeded him as Chief Warden of the Mint.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe capture of Buda Pest (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Struck silver
Brief description
Medal, struck silver, commemorates the capture of Buda Pest from the Turks, by Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, Germany, ca. 1686
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse: The capture of Buda Pest. DER CHRISTEN RUHM. Above a winged figure with cross and palm. Signed LGL (Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer).
Reverse: OFEN, A. 1526. VON SOLYMAN EROBERT, U: A. 1541. MIT LIST BESETZT. HERNACH VON R. K. M. LEOPOLE D 23 AUG/2 SEPT A. 1686. IN ANGESICHT DES GROSS_VEZIERS, DURCH STURM BEZWUNGEN (in eleven lines)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DER CHRISTEN RUHM' (obverse)
    Translation
    the Christian's fame
  • 'LGL' (obverse)
    Translation
    Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer
  • OFEN, A. 1526. VON SOLYMAN EROBERT, U: A. 1541. MIT LIST BESETZT. HERNACH VON R. K. M. LEOPOLE D 23 AUG/2 SEPT A. 1686. IN ANGESICHT DES GROSS_VEZIERS, DURCH STURM BEZWUNGEN (reverse)
Object history
Given by Mrs Glinn.
Historical context
Medal commemorates the liberation of Buda, by Leopold I in 1686, from the Otomans.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This medal commemorates the liberation of Buda, by Leopold I from the Ottomans in 1686. Buda on the right bank of the river Danube, and Pest on the left, were to be unified as Budapest in 1873.

Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer was a counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, 1660-1700, where he was Mint-master and Chief Mint-Warden of the district of Franconia. He is said to have introduced at Nuremberg the coining-press, which was then already in use in England and France. It is very likely that his activity in Nuremberg extended to the early part of the 18th century, until about 1717, when his son Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer succeeded him as Chief Warden of the Mint.
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 1907, 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. 34
Collection
Accession number
204-1907

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2009
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