Beroemde vrouwen uit de Oudheid
ca. 1525 - ca. 1550
Medium
gild
Dimensions
7.8; 49
About this artwork
diameter 7,8 cm x gewicht 49 gr
Art Historical Context
**Beroemde vrouwen uit de Oudheid** (Famous Women from Antiquity) is a delicate Renaissance plaquette crafted by Peter Flötner, a prolific Nuremberg artist active around 1525–1550. Measuring just 7.8 cm in diameter and weighing 49 grams, this intimate gilded metalwork likely served as a collector's item or personal talisman, showcasing Flötner's mastery in small-scale sculpture. Flötner, influenced by Italian Renaissance humanism, drew inspiration from classical antiquity, immortalizing legendary women—perhaps figures like Lucretia or Cleopatra—on its surface. Created during the Northern Rena...
About the Artist
Peter Flötner · 1485–1546
Peter Flötner (c. 1485–1546) was a German sculptor, ornament designer, and medalist whose work played a central role in the transmission of Italian Renaissance decorative vocabulary into the German-speaking lands. Though his exact origins remain uncertain — he may have trained in Augsburg before settling permanently in Nuremberg around 1522 — his formation evidently included exposure to Italian Re...