Vrede van Baden
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
29.14; 4.4
About this artwork
diameter 4,4 cm x gewicht 29,14 gr
Art Historical Context
**Vrede van Baden (Peace of Baden)** *Georg Wilhelm Vestner, 4* *Struck medal: diameter 4.4 cm, weight 29.14 g* Step into the world of 18th-century diplomacy with Georg Wilhelm Vestner's exquisite struck medal, *Vrede van Baden*, created in 1714 to commemorate a pivotal moment in European history. This small yet masterful piece of metalwork celebrates the Peace of Baden, a treaty that year between the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire.kered in the Swiss town of Baden, it concluded years of grueling conflict from the Great Turkish War, marking a hard-won victory for Christian Europe a...
About the Artist
Georg Wilhelm Vestner · 1677–1740
German, Schweinfurth 1677–1740 Nuremberg