Philip Melanchthon (obverse); Psalm 36:7 (reverse)
Friedrich Hagenauer, German, 1499 - 1546
1543
Bronze
Overall: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.5 × 4.5 × 0.5 cm)
Weight: 41 g (0.1 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.139
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
On view
Inscriptions
Obverse: PHILIPPVS MELANTHON AO AETATIS SVAE XLVII; Reverse: PSAL 36 SVBDITVS ESTO DEO ET ORA EVM ANNO M D XXXXIII
Course History
ARTH 27.02, Living Stone: Sculpture in Early Modern Italy, Elizabeth Kassler-Taub, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.
Provenance
European art market; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, date unknown; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Kress, No. 594
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