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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Portrait Miniatures, Room 90a, The International Music and Art Foundation Gallery

Emperor Maximilian

Medal
ca. 1490 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Medal depicts on the obverse the bust to the right of the Emperor Maximilian and on the reverse the bust to the right of his wife, Mary of Burgundy.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEmperor Maximilian (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, busts of Emperor Maximilian I and wife Mary of Burgundy, Germany, ca. 1490
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse the bust to the right of the Emperor Maximilian and on the reverse the bust to the right of his wife, Mary of Burgundy.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 4.76cm
Object history
Bought, £2 2s.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1857. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 25
Collection
Accession number
6013-1857

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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