MK-HH | Schwegerle, Hans: Death of Maria Theresa of Bavaria 1919

Image files are licensed Public Domain Mark 1.0. Hamburger Kunsthalle, ID4404. Photographs by Dana Zacharias. Medalist: Hans Schwegerle.

Schwegerle, Hans: Death of Maria Theresa of Bavaria 1919
	Hamburger Kunsthalle Sculptural. The new Galleries (from April 2026) SKU-19/02.13 Images of Women
Inventory no	M-1928-2
Obverse	∙ MARIE ∙ THERESE ∙ ∙ KOENIGIN ∙ VON ∙ BAYERN ∙ [Marie Therese Queen of Bavaria]. Bust of Marie Therese of Bavaria, wearing a high-necked dress and a seven-strand pearl necklace, left. Below, at the rim the deepened signature H Schwegerle 16.
Reverse	A crucifix bathed in light stands on a rocky ground (Golgotha). Christ’s head is tilted to the left. At the top of the cross is the Titulus Crucis bearing the letters I ∙ N ∙ R ∙ I (Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum). On either side are the dates 2 JVLI / 1849 – 4 FEBR / 1919.
Rim	3 C. POELLATH SCHROBENHAUSEN
Sitter	Maria Theresa (1913-1918), queen of Bavaria Jesus Christ
Medalist	Hans Schwegerle
Class/status	Private issue
Date	1919 Modern period post 1900
	Bronze ; 259,00 g; 102 mm
Production	cast
Mint	Schrobenhausen
Region	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Publications	S. Salaschek, Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts im französischen und deutschen Sprachraum in der Hamburger Kunsthalle (1980) Nr. 1605; Jahresbericht der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg für 1928 S. 16.
Item	Medal
Department	Medals, 20th century to present
Producer	Firma Prägeanstalt Carl Poellath (Schrobenhausen)
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Object number	ID4404
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