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Hieronymus Paumgartner
Joachim Deschler (German, about 1500–1571)
German (Nuremberg)
Renaissance
1553
Object Place: Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter (a: obverse): 67 mm (2 5/8 in.)
Diameter (b: reverse): 69 mm (2 11/16 in.)
Diameter (b: reverse): 69 mm (2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number57.173a-b
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Kress 608.
DescriptionCircular medal of Hieronymus Paumgartner (1497-1565), Nuremberg church-warden, in two castings of slightly different sizes and patinas.
Obverse (a): Pierced at top and wreath decoration at edge; frontal bust in high relief of Hieronymus Paumgartner looking slightly to proper left; inscribed at edge "HIERONYMVS·PAVMGARTNER·ANNO·AETATIS·56" and on bust "1553 D".
Reverse (b): Within wreath at edge, heraldic device consisting of bird (or possibly a falcon), standing on top of a helmet that mounts a shield containing a similar bird over a fleur-de-lis, with drapery behind; inscribed in band at edge "IN·VMBRA·ALARVM·SPERABO·DONEC·TRANSEAT·INIQVITAS".
Obverse (a): Pierced at top and wreath decoration at edge; frontal bust in high relief of Hieronymus Paumgartner looking slightly to proper left; inscribed at edge "HIERONYMVS·PAVMGARTNER·ANNO·AETATIS·56" and on bust "1553 D".
Reverse (b): Within wreath at edge, heraldic device consisting of bird (or possibly a falcon), standing on top of a helmet that mounts a shield containing a similar bird over a fleur-de-lis, with drapery behind; inscribed in band at edge "IN·VMBRA·ALARVM·SPERABO·DONEC·TRANSEAT·INIQVITAS".
InscriptionsObverse (a): Inscribed at edge "HIERONYMVS·PAVMGARTNER·ANNO·AETATIS·56" and on bust "1553 D".
Reverse (b): Inscribed at edge "IN·VMBRA·ALARVM·SPERABO·DONEC·TRANSEAT·INIQVITAS".
Reverse (b): Inscribed at edge "IN·VMBRA·ALARVM·SPERABO·DONEC·TRANSEAT·INIQVITAS".
ProvenanceLoebbecke Collection [see note 1]; by 1957, Mark M. Salton (New York, New York); 1957, sold by Mr. Mark M. Salton to the MFA for $720. (Accession date: March 14, 1957)
Notes:
[1] Inventory number 297/8.
Notes:
[1] Inventory number 297/8.