Struck for the City of London, to Commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1887
Anton Scharff
1887
Medium
Bronze, struck
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 1/8 in. (79 mm)
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
Austrian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the Corporation of the City of London, 1908
Accession Number
08.53.22
Tags
WomenQueen VictoriaProfiles
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...