Scharff, Anton: Inauguration of the Maria Theresia Monument1888 |
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Hamburger Kunsthalle |
Inventory no |
M-165 |
Obverse |
DER KAISERIN KÖNIGIN MARIA THERESIA. Bust portrait of Maria Theresa, with curly hair, part of which is tied in a bow at the top of her head, facing right. She is wearing a low-cut undergarment, over which is a scaled armour and a wide coat with a fur collar, over which is the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The signature A∙ SCHARFF under the armour. |
Reverse |
SEINER GROSSEN VORGÄNGERIN - ERRICHTET VON FRANZ JOSEPH I. // ENTHÜLLT / AM 13. MAI 1888. The Maria Theresa Monument in Vienna from the front. The statue of Maria Theresa is enthroned with outstretched right hand on an architecture of entablature, double columns, in between pilasters and round arches. Three statues in the round arch, surrounded on the outside by four equestrian statues on a large plinth, with a statue in front between. Steps and fence with chains under the plinth. |
Sitter |
Maria Theresia (1740-1780), queen of Hungary and Bohemia, empress
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Medalist |
Anton Karl Rudolf Scharff
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Class/status |
Private issue |
Date |
1888 |
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Bronze |
Production |
struck |
Mint |
Vienna |
Region |
Vienna |
Country |
Austria |
Publications |
S. Salaschek, Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts im französischen und deutschen Sprachraum in der Hamburger Kunsthalle I (1980) Nr. 1483; A. R. von Loehr, Wiener Medailleure (1899) S. 23 Nr. 169; L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists V (1912) S. 366; P. Hauser, Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons (2006) S. 302 Nr. 2416. |
Item |
Medal |
Department |
Medals, 19th century post 1830 |
Provenance |
Provenienzforschung ausstehend. |
previous Owner |
Friedrich von Westenholz
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Object number |
ID3877 |
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