Overwinning van Karel VI op de Turken
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
4.3; 26.3
About this artwork
Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: borststuk man met lauwerkrans binnen omschrift. Keerzijde: Herkules tilt de reus Antaeus van de grond, links diens knots en rechts Turks wapentuig binnen omschrift; afsnede: opschrift
About the Artist
Christian Wermuth · 1661–1739
Christian Wermuth (1661–1739) was a prolific and highly influential German medallist, coin engraver, bookseller, and publisher whose work epitomized the Baroque tradition of medallic art in the German territories. Born on December 16, 1661, in Altenburg and dying on December 3, 1739, in Gotha, Wermuth's career spanned nearly eight decades of intense artistic production, pedagogical influence, and ...