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The Wedding of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria

Medal
1854 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lange, Konrad (medallist)
Place of origin
Austria (made)

This medal made by Konrad Lange in 1854 commemorates the Wedding of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria. The couple were married on 24 April 1854 in St. Augustine's Church, Vienna.

Lange (1806-1856) was a medallist and Mint-engraver at Vienna. From 1843 until his death he was assistant engraver at the Vienna Mint. As a medallist his work deserves praise for the careful modelling of portraits and the great assurance with which he treated his subjects.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Royalty
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleThe Wedding of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Medal, silver, The Wedding of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria, by Konrad Lange, Austrian, 1854
Physical description
Obverse: the portrait busts of the Emperor Franz Joseph and of Elisabeth of Bavaria. Inscribed.
Reverse: the couple with the blessing bishop at the wedding ceremony in front of the altar which is flanked on the right side by an eagle and a shield with the coat of arms of Austria and the left side by a lion with a shield showing the coat of arms of Bavaria. Inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FRANCISCUS IOSEPHUS I.D.G. AUSTRIAE IMPERATOR ET ELISABETHA MAXIMILIANI IN BAVARIA DUC. FILIA' (obverse)
  • 'MATRIMONIO IVNCTI/VIND. D. XXIIII. APRIL./MDCCLIIII' (reverse)
Object history
Given in the name of Baurat Hartwig Fischel by his son Paul J Gordon-Fischel, Chessington, Surrey, in 1983.
Subjects depicted
Bishop
Altar
Eagle
Coat of Arms
Lion
Franz Joseph I (Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia)
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Summary
This medal made by Konrad Lange in 1854 commemorates the Wedding of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria. The couple were married on 24 April 1854 in St. Augustine's Church, Vienna.

Lange (1806-1856) was a medallist and Mint-engraver at Vienna. From 1843 until his death he was assistant engraver at the Vienna Mint. As a medallist his work deserves praise for the careful modelling of portraits and the great assurance with which he treated his subjects.
Bibliographic references
  • Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, III, London, p. 298
  • Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon…., Leipzig, 1982, p. 327
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.10-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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