All Objects
Unless otherwise noted, medal dimensions indicate the diameter taken at the widest point.
Sestertius of Galba, Emperor of Rome (b. 3 CE; r. 68–69 CE), 68 CE
Copper alloy, with a silver eagle inset on the obverse
Diam.: 1 1/2 in. (3.77 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 1
Attributed to Michelet Saulmon (act. 1375–1416)
Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome (b. 285; r. 307–37), 1402/13
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 11/16 in. (9.32 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 2
Attributed to Michelet Saulmon (act. 1375–1416)
Heraclius I, Emperor of Byzantium (b. ca. 575; r. 610–41), 1402/13
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 7/8 in. (9.89 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 3
Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430–1514)
Seal of Charles the Bold, 1470s
Plaster replica with sulfur-colored coating
Diam.: 4 9/16 in. (11.52 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 4
Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395–1455)
John VIII Paleologus, Emperor of Byzantium (b. 1392; r. 1425–48), ca. 1438
Lead alloy, cast
Diam.: 4 1/8 in. (10.41 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 5
Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395–1455)
Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (1392–1447), ca. 1441
Lead alloy, cast
Diam.: 4 in. (10.12 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 6
Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395–1455)
Leonello d’Este, Marquess of Ferrara (1407–1450), ca. 1445
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 11/16 in. (6.89 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 7
Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395–1455)
Domenico Malatesta, called Malatesta Novello, Lord of Cesena (1418–1465), ca. 1445
Lead alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 5/16 in. (8.49 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 8
Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395–1455)
Cecilia Gonzaga (1426–1451), dated 1447
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 3/8 in. (8.58 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 9
Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395−1455)
Studies of Men Hanging, ca. 1435
Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk
10 5/16 x 7 in. (26.2 x 17.8 cm)
The Frick Collection; Purchased by The Frick Collection, 1936
Cat. 10
Matteo de’ Pasti (1420–d. after 1467)
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (1417–1468), dated 1446
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 1/8 in. (7.95 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 11
Matteo de’ Pasti (1420–d. after 1467)
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (1417–1468), dated 1446
Copper alloy, cast (foundation medal with corrosion)
Diam.: 3 3/16 in. (8.07 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 12
Matteo de’ Pasti (1420–d. after 1467)
Isotta degli Atti of Rimini (1432/33–1474), dated 1446
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 1/4 in. (8.29 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 13
Antonio Marescotti (act. 1444–62 in Ferrara)
Paolo Albertini (ca. 1430–1475), dated 1462
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 4 1/4 in. (10.78 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 14
Sperandio di Bartolommeo Savelli (1425/28–d. after 1504)
Bartolommeo Pendaglia (d. 1462), ca. 1452–62
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 3/8 in. (8.52 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 15
Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, called Antico (ca. 1460–1528)
Antonia del Balzo (1461–1538), ca. 1500
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 1 5/8 in. (4.09 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 16
Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, called Antico (ca. 1460−1528)
Hercules, possibly by 1496
Bronze, partial gilding and silvering
15 1/8 × 8 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (38.4 × 21.3 × 12.1 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Miss Helen Clay Frick, 1970
Cat. 17
Maffeo Olivieri (1484–1543/44)
Altobello Averoldo, Bishop of Pola (ca. 1465–1531), ca. 1517–21
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 5/8 in. (9.25 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 18
Unknown Milanese artist
Testone of Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Sixth Duke of Milan (1469–1494), and Lodovico Maria Sforza (1452–1508), 1481–94
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 1/8 in. (2.87 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 19
Attributed to Cristoforo Foppa, called Caradosso (ca. 1452–1526/27)
Pope Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere) (b. 1443; r. 1503–13), dated 1506
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 1/16 in. (5.21 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 20
Attributed to Cristoforo Foppa, called Caradosso (ca. 1452–1526/27)
Pope Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere) (b. 1443; r. 1503–13), dated 1506
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 5/16 in. (5.84 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 21
Cristoforo di Geremia (ca. 1430–1476)
Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Naples and Sicily (b. 1396; r. 1442–58), ca. 1458
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 15/16 in. (7.47 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 22
Giovanni Filangieri Candida (ca. 1445/50–ca. 1498/99)
Maximilian I of Hapsburg, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459; r. 1508–19), and Mary, Duchess of Burgundy (1457–1482), ca. 1477
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 23
Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440–1491)
Heraldic Wild Man, early 1470s
Copper alloy, with extensive traces of gilding
8 13/16 × 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (22.4 × 9.5 × 7 cm)
The Frick Collection; Henry Clay Frick Bequest
Cat. 24
Bertoldo di Giovanni (1420/30–1491)
Filippo de’ Medici (1426–1474), 1462–74
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 3/16 in. (5.56 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 25
Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440–1491)
The Pazzi Conspiracy, 1478
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 9/16 in. (6.56 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 26
Attributed to Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430–1514)
Charles VIII, King of France (b. 1470; r. 1483–98), ca. 1495
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 3/4 in. (9.46 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 27
Unknown Florentine artist
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), after 1492
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 9/16 in. (9.03 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 28
Giovanni Michele Pastorino, called Pastorino de’ Pastorini (ca. 1508–1592)
Girolama Sacrati (ca. 1515–after 1573), dated 1555
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (7.06 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 29
Ludovico Leoni (1542–1612)
Sperone Speroni (1500–1588), after 1560
Lead-tin alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 11/16 in. (6.79 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 30
Leone Leoni (1509–1590)
Andrea Doria, Admiral and Ruler of Genoa (1466–1560), ca. 1541
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 1 5/8 in. (4.15 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 31
Leone Leoni (1509–1590)
Andrea Doria, Admiral and Ruler of Genoa (1466–1560), and Self-Portrait of Leone Leoni, ca. 1541
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 1 11/16 in. (4.34 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 32
Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo (1519–1589)
Gianello della Torre (1500–1585), ca. 1550
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 1/8 in. (7.97 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 33
Unknown Milanese artist
Ferrante Loffredo, Marquess of Trevico (d. 1573), mid-16th century
Wax on glass
Diam.: 3 15/16 in. (10.02 cm) (including wooden case)
Scher Collection
Cat. 34
Unknown Milanese artist
Ferrante Loffredo, Marquess of Trevico (d. 1573), mid-16th century
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (6.97 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 35
Alfonso Ruspagiari (1521–1576)
Portrait of a Woman and an Onlooker, ca. 1550
Lead alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (6.96 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 36
Antonio Abondio (1538–1591)
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528–1603), dated 1575
Lead alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 5/16 in. (5.82 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 37
MARTINO SA, probably Martino da Savona (act. late 16th century)
Girolamo de’ Franchi Conestaggio (ca. 1530–1618), dated 1590
Copper alloy, cast
2 1/4 × 1 11/16 in. (5.7 × 4.31 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 38
Giovacchino Fortini (1670–1736)
Francesco Riccardi (1648–1719), dated 1715
Gilt copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 7/16 in. (8.74 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 39
Filippo Balugani (1734–1780)
Giacomo Gradenigo (1721–1796), dated 1777
Gilt silver, struck, with decorative loop
Diam.: 2 5/8 in. (6.67 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 40
Nuremberg School (Stabius Group)
Johannes Stabius (1462–1522), ca. 1517
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 7/8 in. (7.23 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 41
Hans Schwarz (ca. 1492/93–after 1527)
Martin Tucher (1460–1528), 1519
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 3/16 in. (5.63 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 42
Hans Daucher (ca. 1485–1538)
Ludwig II, King of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1506; r. 1516–26), and Count Stephan Schlick (1487–1526), dated 1526
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 3/8 in. (6.04 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 43
Unknown Nuremberg artist
Friedrich VII Behaim (1491–1533), dated (on reverse) 1526
Limestone
Diam.: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 44
Unknown German artist
Margaret of Hapsburg, called Margaret of Austria (b. 1480; Governor of the Low Countries 1507–15 and 1517–30), 16th century
Boxwood (relief) and rosewood (frame)
Diam.: 2 7/16 in. (6.26 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 45
Matthes Gebel (ca. 1500–1574)
Christoph Kress von Kressenstein (1484–1535), dated 1526; ca. 1530
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 1 9/16 in. (3.94 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 46
Matthes Gebel (ca. 1500–1574)
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), not before 1528
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 1 9/16 in. (3.90 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 47
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)
Adam and Eve, 1504
Engraving
9 7/8 × 7 11/16 in. (25.1 × 19.5 cm)
The Frick Collection; Henry Clay Frick Bequest
Cat. 48
Friedrich Hagenauer (act. 1520–after 1546)
Matthaeus Schwarz (1497–ca. 1574), 1530
Boxwood
Scher Collection
Diam. obverse: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Diam. reverse: 1 3/4 in. (4.37 cm)
Cat. 49
Hans Reinhart the Elder (1500/10–1581)
Johann Friedrich I (1503–1554; Elector of Saxony 1532–47), dated 1535
Silver, cast
Diam.: 2 9/16 in. (6.58 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 50
Hans Reinhart the Elder (1500/10–1581)
Adam and Eve and the Crucifixion, dated 1536
Gilt silver, cast
Diam.: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 51
Hans Reinhart the Elder (1500/10–1581)
Trinity Medal, dated 1544
Silver, cast
Diam.: 4 1/16 in. (10.28 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 52
Wolf Milicz (act. 1533–46)
Ferdinand I (1503–1564) and Anne of Bohemia (1503–1547), dated 1537
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 13/16 in. (4.68 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 53
Unknown German artist
Elisabeth, Duchess of Braunschweig-Calenberg (1510–1558), dated 1544
Gilt silver alloy, cast
Diam.: 1 5/8 in. (4.13 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 54
Master of the Ottheinrich of the Palatinate Group
Ottheinrich, Count of the Rhenish Palatinate (b. 1502; Duke of Lower and Upper Bavaria 1502–59; Prince Elector of the Palatinate 1556–59), dated 1558
Gilt silver
Diam.: 1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 55
Joachim Deschler (ca. 1500–1571)
Georg (1508/9–1574) and Anna Prandstetter (d. 1568), dated 1563
Silver, cast
Diam.: 1 7/8 in. (4.76 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 56
Severin Brachmann (act. 1565–90 in Austria and Bohemia)
Adam Myslík von Hyršov (1520–1581) and Prudentia Myslík (b. 1525), dated 1573
Silver, cast
Diam.: 1 5/16 in. (3.35 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 57
Attributed to Balduin Drentwett (1545–1627)
Michael Leonhard Maier (b. 1520), dated 1580
Silver, cast
Diam.: 1 5/8 in. (4.16 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 58
Unknown Nuremberg artist
Magdalena Welzer Roemerin (1505–1582), dated 1582
Silver, cast
Diam.: 1 9/16 in. (3.97 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 59
Unknown German artist
Member of the Rieter von Kornburg Family (patrician of Nuremberg, likely died in 1637), not before 1631 (medal and locket); not before 1637 (mounting)
Gilt silver, cast (medal); silver, partially gilt (mounting and suspension chains, probably the original ones)
Silver in frame: 1 9/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.96 × 3.36 cm)
Framed: 2 × 1 15/16 in. (5.08 × 4.97 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 60
Johann Blum (ca. 1599–after 1668; act. in Bremen)
William II of Orange-Nassau (b. 1626; Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands 1647–50) and Mary Henrietta Stuart, Princess Royal (1631–1660), 1641
Silver, struck
Diam.: 2 7/8 in. (7.28 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 61
Sebastian Dadler (1586–1657)
Frederick Henry in Triumph and Arrival of Princess Mary in the Netherlands, dated 1648
Gilt silver, struck
Diam.: 2 7/8 in. (7.35 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 62
Sebastian Dadler (1586–1657)
Ladislaus IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1595; r. 1632–48), and Ludovica Maria Gonzaga-Nevers, Queen of Poland (b. 1611; r. 1645–67), 1645–48
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 15/16 in. (4.98 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 63
Sebastian Dadler (1586–1657)
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608; r. 1637–57), dated 1649
Silver, struck
Diam.: 3 1/16 in. (7.76 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 64
Martin Heinrich Omeis (or Ohmeiss, 1651–1703; act. in Dresden)
John George II of Wettin (b. 1613; Elector of Saxony 1656–80), 1677
Silver, struck
2 3/16 × 1 7/8 in. (5.53 × 4.82 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 65
Johann Christoph Reteke (act. 1664–1720)
Hamburg Satirical Medal, 17th century
Silver, struck
1 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (4.39 × 4.02 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 66
Heinrich Bonhorst (act. 1669; d. 1711)
Fortuna and Silver Mines, ca. 1698
Silver, cast
Diam.: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 67
Franz Andreas Schega (1711–1787)
Maximilian III Joseph (1727–1777) and Marie Anne Sophia of Saxony (1728–1797), ca. 1747
Silver, struck
Diam.: 2 7/16 in. (6.19 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 68
Bernhard Perger (act. ca. 1769–98)
Livia Doria Carafa (1745–1779), dated 1779
Copper alloy, struck
Diam.: 2 7/8 in. (7.38 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 69
Anton Franz Widemann (1724–1792) and Peter Kaiserswerth (act. 1765–93)
Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), dated 1770
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 3/4 in. (4.38 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 70
Conrad Heinrich Küchler (act. 1763–1821)
Marie-Antoinette (1755–1793), dated 1793
Copper, struck
Diam.: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 71
Steven van Herwijck (ca. 1530–1565/67)
George van Egmond, Bishop of Utrecht (1504–1559), dated 1558
Silver, cast
Diam.: 5 11/16 in. (14.45 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 72
Steven van Herwijck (ca. 1530–1565/67)
Elizabeth Brook, Marchioness of Northampton (1526–1565), dated 1562
Silver, cast
Diam.: 1 5/8 in. (4.06 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 73
Jacques Jonghelinck (1530–1606)
Lucas Munich (1490/91–1563), dated 1559
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 11/16 in. (6.81 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 74
Jacques Jonghelinck (1530–1606)
Bust of Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Third Duke of Alba (1507–1582), 1571
Bronze
46 × 26 3/4 × 15 in. (116.8 × 67.9 × 38.1 cm)
The Frick Collection; Henry Clay Frick Bequest
Cat. 75
Jacques Jonghelinck (1530–1606)
Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Third Duke of Alba (1507–1582), dated 1571
Silver, cast
Diam.: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 1994
Cat. 76
Cup inset with Jan de Vos (ca. 1578–after 1619)
Allegory of Vanitas, dated 1614
Silver, with gilding
Cup: 5 1/16 × 3 15/16 × 4 in. (12.8 × 10 × 10.2 cm)
Medal only: 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (5.7 × 4.4 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 77
Jan (Johannes) Lutma the Elder (ca. 1584–1669)
The Peace of Münster, dated 1648
Gilt silver, two cast shells soldered together
Diam.: 2 13/16 in. (7.18 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 78
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Jan (Johannes) Lutma the Elder (ca. 1584–1669), 1656
State III of IV
Etching and drypoint
7 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (19.7 x 14.9 cm)
The Frick Collection; Henry Clay Frick Bequest
Cat. 79
Wouter Muller (1604–1673)
Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1597–1653), dated 1653
Silver, two cast shells soldered together
Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (7.06 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 80
Wouter Muller? (1604–1673)
Memento Mori for Cornelius Nuck (1637–1717), dated 1717
Silver, cast
2 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (7.38 × 6.72 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 81
After Wouter Muller (1604–1673), probably by Cornelis Coutrier (before 1730–1749)
Silver Wedding of Johannis de Waal and Gerbreghie Valkes (dates unknown), dated 1718
Silver, two cast shells soldered together
Diam.: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 82
After Wouter Muller (1604–1673)
Deaths of Maria Henrica (1731–1734) and Johannes Petrus van Brienen (1734–1734), dated 1734
Silver, cast
2 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (7.33 × 6.64 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 83
Pieter van Abeele (1608–1684)
Charles II, King of England (b. 1630; r. 1660–85), dated 1660
Silver, cast
Diam.: 2 11/16 in. (6.85 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 84
Attributed to Pieter van Abeele (1608–1684)
Marriage and Prosperity, ca. 1655
Silver, two cast shells soldered together
Diam.: 3 in. (7.65 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 85
Attributed to Pieter van Abeele (1608–1684)
Charles X Gustav Vasa, King of Sweden (b. 1622; r. 1654–60), dated 1660
Silver, cast
2 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (6.54 × 5.47 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 86
After Pieter van Abeele (1608–1684)
Gertrude van Hooftman (1609–1658), dated 1658
Silver, two cast shells soldered together
Diam.: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 87
Juriaen Pool I (1618–1669)
Inauguration of the New Town Hall, Amsterdam, dated 1655
Silver, struck
Diam.: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 88
Jan (Johannes) Lutma the Younger (1624–1685)
The Peace of Breda, dated 1667
Silver, struck
Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (7.06 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 89
Unknown artist
Cornelius de Witt (1623–1672) and Johann de Witt (1625–1672), dated 1672
Silver, cast
Diam.: 2 in. (5.09 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 90
Unknown artist
William III of Orange (b. 1650; Stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands 1672–1702; King of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1689–1702) and Mary II, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1662; r. 1689–94), dated 1689
Silver, two cast shells soldered together
Diam.: 2 7/16 in. (6.27 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 91
Johann George Holtzhey (1729–1808)
Cornelia Bierens (1690–1792), dated 1790
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 3/4 in. (4.47 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 92
Unknown artist
Beheading of Louis XVI, King of France (1754–1793; r. 1774–92), dated 1793
Lead-tin alloy, cast
Diam.: 1 3/4 in. (4.49 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 93
Unknown artist
Charles VII, King of France (b. 1403; r. 1422–61), dated 1455
Silver, struck
Diam.: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 94
Nicolas Leclerc (act. 1487–1507) and Jean de Saint-Priest (act. 1490–1516)
Louis XII, King of France (b. 1462; r. 1498–1515), and Anne of Brittany (1476–1514), dated 1499
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 4 1/2 in. (11.44 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 95
Unknown French artist, after Giovanni Candida
Louise of Savoy (1476–1531) and Marguerite of Angoulême (1492–1549), ca. 1504–12
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 11/16 in. (6.87 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 96
Germain Pilon (ca. 1525–1590)
Henri II, King of France (b. 1519; r. 1547–59), dated 1559
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 6 7/16 in. (16.36 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 97
Unknown artist
Catherine de Bourbon, Duchess of Bar (1558–1604), dated 1599
Copper alloy, cast
2 1/16 × 1 5/8 in. (5.21 × 4.13 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 98
Guillaume Dupré (ca. 1579–1640)
Cosimo II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590–1621), dated 1613
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 11/16 in. (9.31 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 99
Guillaume Dupré (ca. 1579–1640)
Christine of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1565–1636), 1613
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 100
Guillaume Dupré (ca. 1579–1640)
Pierre Jeannin (1540–1622), dated 1618
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 7 3/8 in. (18.75 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 101
Jean Warin (1606–1672)
Antoine Coëffier, called Ruzé, Marquess of Éffiat (1581–1632), dated 1629
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 9/16 in. (6.54 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 102
Jean Warin (1606–1672)
Anne of Austria (1601–1666) and Louis XIV, King of France
(b. 1638, r. 1643–1715), 1645 (dated 1638)
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 13/16 in. (9.75 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 103
Thomas Bernard (1650–1713)
Antoine Coysevox (1640–1720), dated 1711
Gilt copper alloy, struck
Diam.: 2 7/16 in. (6.14 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 104
Antoine Coysevox (1640–1720)
Louis XV as a Child of Six, 1716
Marble
23 1/2 × 20 × 8 3/4 in. (59.7 × 50.8 × 22.2 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ira H. Kaufman, 1990
Cat. 105
Unknown artist
Meeting of the Estates General, dated 1789
Lead-tin alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 1/16 in. (7.72 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 106
Bertrand Andrieu (1761–1822)
Siege of the Bastille, dated 1789
Lead-tin alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 107
Bertrand Andrieu (1761–1822)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821; First Consul 1799–1804; Emperor of France 1804–14/15), dated 1800
Lead alloy, cast
Diam.: 2 11/16 in. (6.83 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 108
Bertrand Andrieu (1761–1822) and Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet (1773–1846)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821; First Consul 1799–1804; Emperor of France 1804–14/15), 1805
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 109
Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1788–1856)
Josephine Bonaparte (1763–1814; Empress Consort of France 1804–10; Queen Consort of Italy 1805–10), ca. 1832
Gilt copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 110
Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1788–1856)
Jean-Victor Schnetz (1787–1870), dated 1828
Plaster
Diam. (with loop): 5 3/16 in. (13.17 cm)
Diam.: 4 7/8 in. (12.37 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 111
Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1788–1856)
Pierre-René Choudieu (1761–1838), 1832
Wax on slate
5 5/8 × 4 15/16 in. (14.25 × 12.56 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 112
Jean-Jacques Richard (1792–1865)
Justin Liberté, dated 189
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 11/16 in. (9.32 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 113
Antoine-Augustin Préault (1809–1879)
Alphonse Louis David (1798–after 1849), ca. 1838
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 7 3/4 in. (19.69 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 114
Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839–1909)
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), dated 1885
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 4 in. (10.19 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 115
Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839–1909)
Personification of Painting, 1885
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 4 in. (10.11 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 116
Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839–1909)
Sarah Gustave Simon (dates unknown), dated 1889
Gilt galvanotype
Diam.: 4 13/16 in. (12.19 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 117
Unknown artist
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/33–1588), dated 1587
Silver, cast
Diam.: 1 13/16 in. (4.67 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 118
Simon de Passe (1595–1647)
Queen Anne (b. 1574; Queen Consort of Scotland 1589–1619; Queen Consort of England and Ireland 1603–19), ca. 1616
Silver, stamped (?)
2 1/4 × 1 13/16 in. (5.69 × 4.55 cm) (including gold frame but excluding top loop)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 119
Unknown artist
Nicholas (1532–1609) and Dorothy Wadham (1534–1618), ca. 1618
Silver, repoussé
2 1/8 × 1 13/16 in. (5.4 × 4.55 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 120
Thomas Rawlins (1620–1670)
Sir William Parkhurst (d. 1667; Warden of the Mint of England 1623–42, 1660–66), dated 1644
Silver, repoussé, mounted on a wood backing
Diam.: 3 3/16 in. (8.09 cm) (not including wooden frame)
Scher Collection
Cat. 121
Abraham Simon (1617–1692) and Thomas Simon (1618–1665)
Dorcas Brabazon, Lady Lane (dates unknown; m. 1644 to Sir George Lane), dated 1662
Silver, cast
Diam.: 1 1/4 in. (3.25 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 122
George Stubbs (1724−1806)
Portrait of Warren Hastings, ca. 1791
Watercolor over graphite
5 3/8 x 4 5/16 in. (13.7 x 10.9 cm)
The Frick Collection; Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010
Cat. 123
Alfred Joseph Stothard (1793–1864)
George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824), dated 1824
Copper alloy, struck
Diam.: 2 1/2 in. (6.36 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 124
George William de Saulles (1861–1903)
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (b. 1819; r. 1837–1901), dated 1897
Gold, struck
Diam.: 2 3/16 in. (5.56 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 125
Theodore Spicer-Simson (1871–1959)
Ella Mielziner (1873–1968), dated 1906
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 126
Unknown artist
Anselm Ephorinus (ca. 1498–1566) and His Wife Sophia (b. ca. 1525), dated 1557
Silver, cast
Diam.: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 127
Unknown artist
Princess Hedwig of Denmark (1581–1641; Electress of Saxony 1602–11), after 1602
Silver, cast
1 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (3.36 × 2.8 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 128
Unknown artist
Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden (b. 1594; r. 1611–32),
ca. 1630–32
Silver, embossed, from Nuremberg or Stettin (Germany), with hallmark of Paul Walter from Dresden in the field on the left
3 13/16 × 2 13/16 in. (9.73 × 7.13 cm) (including frame)
Scher Collection
Cat. 129
Possibly Johan Höhn (1607–1693)
Boguslaw (1620–1669) and Anna Maria (1640–1667) Radziwill of Poland, 1665
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 15/16 in. (4.88 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 130
Fyodor Alexeyev (1753–1824)
Peter I of Russia, the Great (b. 1672; Tsar of All Russia 1682–1721; Emperor of All Russia 1721–25), dated 1703
Silver, struck
Diam.: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 131
Leopold Sinayeff-Bernstein (1867–1944)
Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy) (1828–1910), 1911
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 10 7/16 in. (26.52 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 132
Jean Dassier (1676–1763)
George I, King of Great Britain (b. 1660; r. 1714–27), and George II, King of Great Britain (b. 1683; r. 1727–60), dated 1727
Copper alloy (partial gilt), struck
Diam.: 1 1/4 in. (3.17 cm)
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
Cat. 133
Augustin Dupré (1748–1833) and Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738–1814)
Libertas Americana, 1783
Silver, struck
Diam.: 1 7/8 in. (4.75 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 134
Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738–1814)
Zephyrus and Flora, 1799
Terracotta
23 x 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (58.4 x 26 x 29.2 cm)
The Frick Collection; Henry Clay Frick Bequest
Cat. 135
Geronimo Antonio Gil (act. last quarter of 18th century)
Maria Luisa of Parma (1751–1819; Queen Consort of Spain 1788–1808), dated 1793
Silver, struck
Diam.: 2 3/16 in. (5.63 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016
Cat. 136
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), dated 1887, (probably cast ca. 1907)
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm)
Scher Collection
Cat. 137