Scharff, Anton: Samuel Putnam Avery

M-167

MART · XVII · MDCCCXCVII - SAMVEL · P. AVERY. Bust of Samuel Putnam Avery left. He is wearing a shirt with a wing collar, a tie with a tie pin, a waistcoat and a jacket over it. In the left field is the age indication AET∙ S∙ /LXXV and in the right field the signature A SCHARFF [AS ligature]. Border of dots.

ARTIVM ∙ STVDIOSO / AMICI [on a cartouch in the exergue]. In a library hall, a female figure sits on a chair facing left. Her left hand rests on her knee and with her right hand, which rests on a balustrade, she holds a statuette of Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini. Next to her is a portfolio bearing Albrecht Dürer's monogram. On the right, on the balustrade, is a vase, behind it a shelf with several books and a tondo hanging on the side. On the left, under an arch, stands the statue of Venus de Milo. Border of dots.

S. Salaschek, Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts im französischen und deutschen Sprachraum in der Hamburger Kunsthalle I (1980) Nr. 1502; Jahresbericht der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg für 1897, S. 38; A. R. von Loehr, Die Wiener Medailleure (1899) S. 26 Nr. 282 L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists V (1912) S. 370.

Medals, 19th century post 1830

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