Vrede van Rastatt, penning ter ere van Francisca Sybilla, prinses-weduwe van Baden-Baden en Lodewijk Georg, markgraaf van Baden-Baden
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
14.71; 3.5
About this artwork
Schenking van mevrouw J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff
Art Historical Context
This striking 1714 medal by German medallist Georg Wilhelm Vestner commemorates the Peace of Rastatt, one of the treaties that concluded the War of the Spanish Succession. Measuring just 3.5 cm in diameter and weighing 14.71 grams, the piece honors Margrave Louis George of Baden-Baden and his wife, Princess Franziska Sibylla Augusta, widow of the previous margrave. Such medals served as portable tokens of diplomacy and loyalty, distributed among courtiers and allies to celebrate the fragile peace between the Holy Roman Empire and France. Vestner worked in the refined tradition of struck metal...
About the Artist
Georg Wilhelm Vestner · 1677–1740
German, Schweinfurth 1677–1740 Nuremberg