Johann Geuder (1496–1557)
Loan
Unknown Nuremberg artist
(German)
Dateca. 1526
MediumSolnhofen stone
DimensionsDiam.: 1 5/8 in. (4.11 cm)
Credit LineDr. Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher Collection
Accession numberSCHER.2014.15.587
CommentaryThis stone would have been used as the model for creating a mold from which a medal would have been cast. Johann Geuder, the eldest son of Martin Geuder (1455–1532), was senior Bürgermeister of Nuremberg in 1545.
Source: Scher, Stephen K., et al. The Scher Collection of Commemorative Medals. New York and London, 2019.
Unknown Nuremberg artist
dated 1526
Matthias II of Hapsburg (b. 1557; Governor of the Low Countries 1578–81; Holy Roman Emperor 1612–19)
Unknown artist
dated 1579