Inscription [reverse], 1543

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
gross weight: 20.2 gr (0.045 lb.)
axis: 11:00

Credit Line

Gift of Stephen K. Scher and Janie Woo Scher, in gratitude to the staff of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1993.44.1.b

Artists / Makers

Friedrich Hagenauer (medalist) German, active c. 1525 - 1546

Image Use

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Inscription

in center: COR COTRITV / ET HVMILIATVM DEVS NO DESPI. / CIES. / M.D.XLIII. / [leaf shape]

Provenance

Georges Gallet, Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 May 1924, no. 113). James Campion [d. 1937], London; (his sale, Glendining & Co., London, 30 November-3 December 1937, 2nd day, no. 385). J.W. Frederiks [1889-1962], The Hague;(sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1993, no. 66); purchased by Stephen K. Scher and Janie Woo Scher;[1] gift 1993 to NGA.

[1] Provenance taken from curator's acquisition proposal.

Associated Names

Campion, James
Drouot, Hôtel
Frederiks, Johan Willem
Gallet, Georges
Glendining & Co.
Scher, Stephen K., Mr.
Sotheby's

Exhibition History

1994: The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Frick Collection, New York; National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1994-1995, not in cat.

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 710, repro.