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Loan
 (act. 1669–1695; d. 1711)
Dateca. 1698
MediumSilver, struck
DimensionsDiam.: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)
Credit LineDr. Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher Collection
Accession numberSCHER.2014.15.624
Commentary
Unless otherwise noted, the dimensions indicate the medal’s diameter taken at the widest point.
On View Second Floor, Room 32, Medals Room
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Saturn
Heinrich Bonhorst
1686
Silver medal of a man wearing a wig, armor, and a sash
Carl III Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach (1679–1738)
Philipp Heinrich Müller
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Silver medal depicting the emperor and princess facing each other, the emperor wearing the badg…
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Philipp Heinrich Müller
1699
Silver medal of a man wearing armor
Friedrich Schomberg (ca. 1615–1690)
Philipp Heinrich Müller
dated 1690
Silver medal of a man with a mustache wearing a wig, armor, and a sash and surrounded by foliag…
Leopold I (1640–1705; Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia 1658–1705)
Philipp Heinrich Müller
1688
Bronze medal with overlapping profile portraits of Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette
Louis XVI (1754–1793) and Marie-Antoinette (1755–1793)
Conrad Heinrich Küchler
dated 1793
Bronze medal of a man wearing a skullcap, ruff, and ecclesiastical gown
Johann Heinrich Horbius (1645–1695)
Philipp Heinrich Müller
dated 1695
Bronze medal of a woman in profile to the left
Marie-Antoinette (1755–1793)
Conrad Heinrich Küchler
dated 1793
Silver gilt portrait medal of Giacomo Gradenigo wearing a tie wig, with drapery around his shou…
Loan
Giacomo Gradenigo (1721–1796)
Filippo Balugani
dated 1777
Silver medal depicting the figure of Liberty with her long hair blowing in the wind and the Phr…
Loan
Libertas Americana
Augustin Dupré
1783
Silver portrait medal of King Frederick II of Prussia hair swept back from forehead and clubbed…
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Frederick II, King of Prussia (b. 1712; r. 1740–86)
Johann George Holtzhey
dated 1786
Silver portrait medal of Antonio Canova with long hair in profile to the left
Loan
Antonio Canova (1757–1822)
Giovanni Martino Hamerani
dated 1795, made 1805
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