Elkan, Benno: Victory of August von Mackensen at Gorlice-Tarnów1915 |
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Hamburger Kunsthalle |
Inventory no |
M-1915-70 |
Obverse |
∙ GENERALFELDMAR-SCHALL VON MACKENSEN ∙. Bust of August von Mackensen in uniform, facing left. Around his neck he wears the jewel of the Order Pour le Mérite (military class). In the right field the deepened signature B ∙ E. |
Reverse |
Five naked men, two on the left fleeing to the left, one crouching on the ground in the centre, two on the right with their hands raised, one kneeling, the other standing. Above them is a stormy, cloudy sky from which lightning strikes, cutting across the inscription in the centre: GORL-ICE. On the right-hand edge is the recessed signature and date: BENNO / ELKAN / 1915. |
Sitter |
General Field Marshal August von Mackensen
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Medalist |
Benno Elkan
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Class/status |
Private issue |
Date |
1915 |
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Bronze |
Production |
cast |
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. 530; Jahresbericht der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg für 1915, S. 25; B. Elkan, Polnische Nachtstücke (1918) S. 17-51; H. Menzel-Severing, Der Bildhauer Benno Elkan (1980) S. 213 Nr. 215 (dieses Stück erwähnt); D. O. A. Klose, Europas Verderben, 1914 1918. Deutsche und österreichische Medaillen auf den Ersten Weltkrieg (2016) S. 131 Nr. 10.7. |
Item |
Medal |
Department |
Medals, 20th century to present |
Provenance |
Provenienzforschung ausstehend. |
Object number |
ID4477 |
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