Scharff, Anton: Tribute of the City of Vienna to the Golden Thronejubilee of Franz Joseph I1898 |
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M-172 |
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A bust of Franz Joseph I stands facing the viewer on a high plinth. It wears the Toisornat, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and a star on the chest. In front of it are half-length figures representing the personifications of Austria and Vienna (Vindobona). Austria, on the left, dressed in a gown, with a crown and oak leaves in her hair, holds a large laurel wreath. Vindobona, on the right, in an antique-style gown with a bracelet, veil and laurel wreath, holds a tablet with the inscription 1848 – 2 DEC∙ 1898 in both hands, as well as a stylus in her right hand. At the bottom, right, the signature A SCHARFF [AS ligated]. |
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A view of the city of Vienna, above which hovers the Austrian Imperial Crown (Rudolf’s Crown), surrounded by rays. In the foreground is the Burgtor gate by Peter von Nobile. In the centre is a cartouche bearing the two-line inscription DAS / DANKBARE WIEN (The Grateful Vienna). There is a wreath on the right and another on the left. |
Rim |
J ∙ C; Dianakpf in Sechspass. |
Francis Joseph I (1848-1916), emperor of Austria, king of Bohemia and Hungary
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S. Salaschek, Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts im französischen und deutschen Sprachraum in der Hamburger Kunsthalle I (1980) Nr. 1489; Jahresbericht der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg für 1899, S. 34; A. R. von Loehr, Wiener Medailleure (1899) S. 27 Nr. 310; P. Hauser, Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons (2006) S. 120 Nr. 941. |
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Medals, 19th century post 1830 |
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ID3878 |
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