Leopold I (1640-1705) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1956.16
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Leopold I (1640-1705)
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: 1683
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Austria, Vienna
Culture: Austrian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228420

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lead

Dimensions

15.2 cm diam. x 2 cm depth (6 x 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: obverse, around perimeter: LEOPOLD. D.G. EL. ROM . I. S. A. C. H. BOH. ZC. REX [= Leopoldus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Zclavonia Rex]
inscription: reverse: DIE STADT / SO GOTT / BEWACHT / ZERSTORT KEIN / FEINDES MACHT / WIEN / MDCLXXXIII [= the city guarded by God, no enemy can destroy]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul Gourary, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul Gourary
Accession Year: 1956
Object Number: 1956.16
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: portrait bust of Leopold, three-quarters right

Publication History

Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), no. 71 pp. 119-120, repr. as pl. LVI

Verification Level

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1956.16: Leopold I (1640-1705)