Vrede van Rijswijk, ter ere van keizer Leopold I
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
14.35; 3.2
About this artwork
diameter 3.2 cm x weight 14.35 gr
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 ...