Bicentennial of the Siege of Vienna
Anton Scharff
1883
Medium
Silvered bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 72.5 mm
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
Austrian, Vienna
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Stephen K. Scher Gift, 2006
Accession Number
2006.385
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About the Artist
Anton Scharff · 1845–1903
Anton Scharff (1845–1903) was one of the foremost medallists and engravers of nineteenth-century Austria, whose precision, formal elegance, and prolific output earned him an international reputation. Born in Vienna, he received his training at the Imperial Mint and the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, absorbing the rigorous technical traditions of Central European medal-making while also engaging with...