Martin Luther
Medal
ca. 1533 (made)
ca. 1533 (made)
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This medal showing the bust of Martin Luther is made by an unknown artist in about 1533 in Germany.
This monogrammist has been variously identified with Hieronymus Magdeburger and Michael Hohenauer. Although Hohenauer is more likely, the identity of this medallist remains uncertain. He possibly worked at the Joachimsthal Mint.
This monogrammist has been variously identified with Hieronymus Magdeburger and Michael Hohenauer. Although Hohenauer is more likely, the identity of this medallist remains uncertain. He possibly worked at the Joachimsthal Mint.
Object details
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| Title | Martin Luther (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver |
| Brief description | Medal, silver, Martin Luther, by the same unidentified monogrammist as the related records, probably a Mint-master in Saxony, Germany, about 1533 |
| Physical description | Medal depicts on the obverse: bust to the left wearing cap and gown 'OS x ET x SAPIECIA x DABO x VOBIS x CVI x NO x POTERT x COTDICERE x Z C xxx' to left of the head: MA./ECS. To right: LUT./WIT. Above head: xLVxZIx on the reverse: Luther's emblem, a heart charged with a cross on a cinquefoil rose. 'x I[N] x SILENCIO x ET x SPE x ERIT x FORTITVDO x VESTRA x ESA x 30' |
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| Object history | Bought in 1905 for £7 9s 5d from Herr Adolph Hess. |
| Production | By the same unidentified monogrammist as the related records, probably a Mint-master in Saxony. This monogrammist has been variously identified with Hieronymus Magdeburger and Michael Hohenauer. Although Hohenauer is more likely, the identity of this medallist remains uncertain. He possibly worked at the Joachimsthal Mint. (Habich, II, 1, p.272.Habich, G. 'Die Deutschen Medailleure des XVI. Jahrhunderts' Munich, 1929-34.) |
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| Summary | This medal showing the bust of Martin Luther is made by an unknown artist in about 1533 in Germany. This monogrammist has been variously identified with Hieronymus Magdeburger and Michael Hohenauer. Although Hohenauer is more likely, the identity of this medallist remains uncertain. He possibly worked at the Joachimsthal Mint. |
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| Accession number | 345-1905 |
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| Record created | March 1, 2004 |
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