Scharff, Anton: Completition of the Railwaybridge King Carol I Bridge1895 |
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Hamburger Kunsthalle |
Inventory no |
M-2000-8 |
Obverse |
CAROL I REGE - AL ROMANIEI. Bust of Carol I in uniform with decorated collar, epaulettes, shoulder strap and overcoat to the left. At his neck he wears the jewel of the Military Order Pour le Mérite and the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, around his neck the collar of the House Order of Hohenzollern and on his chest the Grand Star of the Order of the Star of Romania, above it a clasp with several jewels. A laurel branch on the left in front of the chest and behind, right the signature A ∙ SCHARFF / WIEN. Border of dots. |
Reverse |
The naked river god of the Danube, with a wreath on his head, sits facing right. His right hand is resting on an overturned spring vessel, next to him is a rudder and reeds are growing behind him. In front of him on the right is a rock with the Romanian coat of arms. In the background the Danube with the railway bridge, on the bank a factory building and ships. At the top of the field are two embracing mermaids with naked torsos, holding a ribbon with the name of the bridge: PODUL REGELE CAROL I. On the right the dates OCTOMBRE 1890 / SEPTEMBRE 1895. Border of dots. |
Rim |
J ∙ C |
Sitter |
Charles (Carol) I (1866-1914), prince and king of Romania
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Medalist |
Anton Karl Rudolf Scharff
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Class/status |
Private issue |
Date |
1895 |
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Silver |
Production |
struck |
Mint |
Vienna |
Region |
Vienna |
Country |
Austria |
Publications |
A. R. von Loehr, Wiener Medailleure (1899) S. 26 Nr. 266; L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists V (1912) S. 369. Vgl. W. R. von Wurzbach-Tannenberg, Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons I (1943) S. 684 Nr. 4357; S. Salaschek, Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts im französischen und deutschen Sprachraum in der Hamburger Kunsthalle I (1980) Nr. 1480 (dort in Bronze). |
Item |
Medal |
Department |
Medals, 19th century post 1830 |
Producer |
Medaillen-Präge-Anstalt Josef Christlbauer und Sohn (Wien)
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Provenance |
Medailleur*in, Entstehungsdatum - ? (1); […] (2); Wilhelm Ernst Schramm (1847 - 1915), ? - 1915 (3); […] (4); Vererbt an Johann Gottfried Schramm |
Object number |
ID4372 |
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