Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
Two orange colored discs bearing classical decorations and text.

The disc on the left reads “ DIE STADT NURNBERG DEN AUSSTELLERN” which is surrounded by a ring of leaves, berries, and curling decorations. The disc on the right is mostly filled by classical leaves, fruits, and scrollwork, at the center of which there is a small wide cityscape of many tall pointed buildings.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.66.2
People
Hans Ströbel, German (active 1883-1909)
Friederich Wilhelm Wanderer, German (1840 - 1910 Munich)
Manufactured by Ludwig Christoph Lauer, German (Nuremberg 1817 - 1873 Salzburg)
Title
Die Stadt Nürnberg
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1885
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Nüremberg
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147090

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
View this object's location on our interactive map

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper
Dimensions
6.35 cm diam. (2 1/2 in.)
162.26 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: UNTER · D · PROTEKTORATE · S · M · D · KÖNIGS · LUDWIG · II · VERANSTALTET · VOM · BAYER · GEWERBEMUSEUM · ZU · NÜRNBERG · 1885
  • inscription: reverse, around perimeter: INTERNATIONALE · AUSTELLUNG · VON · ARBEITEN · AUS · EDLEN · METALLEN · UND · LEGIERUNGEN · IN · NÜRNBERG
  • inscription: reverse, at center: DIE STADT / NURNBERG / DEN / AUSTELLERN

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David N. Silich, Gift to Harvard University Art Museum, 5.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess in memory of Dr. Leo Mildenberg
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.66.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Relief decoration of castle at top and 2 shields with coats of arms (winged herm and half eagle with stripes) above strapwork cartouche surrounding cityscape of Nürnberg; fruit garlands below and bead and reel border; Reverse: Garland and strapwork surrounding inscription

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 03/01/2025

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu