Vrede van Dresden
Andreas Vestner
1745
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
4.4; 31.79
About this artwork
diameter 4,4 cm x gewicht 31,79 gr
Art Historical Context
**Vrede van Dresden (Peace of Dresden)** *Andreas Vestner, 1745* *Struck metal, diameter 4.4 cm, 31.79 g* this exquisite struck medalet by Andreas Vestner, a masterful artisan of 18th-century metalworking. Crafted in 1745, "Vrede van Dresden"ates the pivotal Peace of Dresden, a treaty that temporarily halted hostilities in the War of the Austrian Succession. Signed on Christmas Eve that year between Prussia's Frederick the Great and Austria's Maria Theresa, it affirmed Prussian gains in Silesia, reshaping European power dynamics amid Enlightenment-era diplomacy. Vestner's technique of s...