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| Keywords: German - Tankard with Medal of Sigismond I, King of Poland - Walters 571029 - Profile.jpg Green jasper turned on a lathe to create the cylinder of this tankard is set off by finely engraved gilded silver mounts characteristic of south German workmanship of the mid to later 1500s However the gilded silver medal under the cover its current placement apparently part of the original design is dated 1538 and is by the Nuremberg medalist Matthes Gebel active 1523-1574 It portrays Sigismund I king of Poland 1467-1548 revered for bringing order and probity to government The reign of his son Sigismund II 1520-1572 was marked by upheavals so the medal visible only to the drinker may pay discrete homage to calmer times under the father Tankard ca 1550-1575; Medal 1538 Renaissance carved and engraved jasper with gilded silver mounts and medal cm 25 8 accession number 57 1029 28657 Seligmann Henry Walters Baltimore 1908 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Artful Dining The Exhibition The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1994 Small Northern European Portraits from The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore National Gallery of Art Washington 2000 place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Matthes Gebel | ||||
