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| Keywords: Matthes Gebel - Medal of Arnold and Nicholas Wenck - Walters 59480 - Obverse.jpg Portrayed here are the Nuremberg goldsmiths Arnold Wenck active by 1501 to 1539 and on the reverse his brother Nicholas d 1541 Gebel was one of the most gifted medal makers of his time The soft modeling of the forms of the face is very striking The medal was in the Van lanna collection in Prague There is a uni-face version in lead in the Victoria and Albert Museum London 1537 Renaissance silver cm 2 6 accession number 59 480 2185 Van lanna Collection Prague date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription recto ARNOLD WENCK Transcription verso NICLAS WENNCK MDXXXVII place of origin Nuremberg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Coins in the Walters Art Museum Matthes Gebel | ||||
