The Scher Collection of Commemorative Medals
Language: English
Published by The Frick Collection, New York, 2019
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A dark gray casebound book with the title in debossed bronze lettering down the spine. There is a color illustrated matte dust jacket with the title in brown and in blue down a white spine. The free and pasted end pages are red. Pages: (5), 6-655. Profusely illustrated with color images. Contents are as follows: Introduction -- Hunting the wild aftercast: confessions of a medal collector / by Stephen K. Scher -- Note to the reader / by Aimee Ng -- Italy. Art at its apex: the medals of Italy / by Ulrich Pfisterer -- Germany and Austria. A handy mirror for princes and citizens: the rise and dissemination of medals in Germany / by Martin Hirsch -- France. "Proof stones of history": the medal in France, 1400-1900 / by Mark Jones -- The Netherlands. Perspectives in metal: a history of medals of the Low Countries / by Jan Pelsdonk -- England. Illustrating an island nation: the medals of Britain / by Christopher Eimer -- Russia and Scandinavia. The tale of the elephant, the lion, the dragon and other extinct animals: the early history of medallic art in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia / by Marie-Astrid Pelsdonk -- Switzerland, Mexico, and the United States -- Artist biographies -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic credits.…
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- Title
- The Scher Collection of Commemorative Medals
- Author
- Scher, Stephen K. (and) Aimee Ng (and) Christopher Eimer (and) Walter Cupperi (and) Emma Merkling (and) Davide Stefanacci
- Publisher
- The Frick Collection, New York
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1907804870
- ISBN 13
- 9781907804878
- Seller catalogs
- Coins and Stamps
The Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher Collection is considered the world’s greatest private collection of portrait medals, rivalling many collections in international museums. This fully illustrated catalogue documenting the Scher Collection is an essential resource for scholars, students, collectors, and curators.
Portrait medals were developed during the Italian Renaissance and are central to the history of European portraiture, flourishing as an art form through the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. Though less familiar to us now than painting and sculpture, these exquisitely crafted objects, typically made from lead, bronze, silver or gold, were produced (sometimes in large numbers) to commemorate individuals, to acknowledge special events, and to disseminate the identity and power of their sitters.
The study of the portrait medal has become, through the work of Stephen Scher and others, a burgeoning area of new scholarship. Excellent reproductions of all medals to size, with details of obverse, reverse and full captions, are accompanied by scholarly essays, interesting facts and historical references in this important new volume.
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About the Author
Christopher Eimer is British medal specialist, collector and dealer. He is the author of British Commemorative Medals and Their Values (1987, 2010), and An Introduction to Commemorative Medals (1989).
Martin Hirsch is a lecturer, Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, and editor of Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte (Journal of Numismatics and Monetary History).
Mark Jones is Master of St. Cross College, University of Oxford, and one-time director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Jan Pelsdonk is curator of the Coin and Medal Collection, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
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