Inscription [reverse], 1897

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 7.49 cm (2 15/16 in.)
gross weight: 157.69 gr (0.348 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2003.154.9.b

Artists / Makers

Karl Gindra (medalist) Austrian, active late 19th century

Image Use

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Inscription

across the field: GEMEINDE / RATH - 1863 - / 1873 v 1882 - 1886. / LANDTAG - / 1869 - 1896 / ABGEORDNETEN / HAVS 1873 - 1897 / VICEPRAESIDENT / DER ACADEMIE DER / WISSENSCHAF - / TEN; on upper scroll: HEIMATS / GESETZ; on middle scroll: SCHULE; on lower scroll, last five letters partly hidden: WASSER / VERSORGUNG (water supply)

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2003 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 936, repro.