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Source Description
In 1535, Reinhart completed a stunning portrait medal of Johann Friedrich, duke of Saxony, and, the following year, the duke commissioned this medal, to which on some versions a ring was added to make it into a pendant. With its particular interpretation of the theme of the Fall and redemption of man, so central to the Reformation theology preached by Martin Luther and his followers, it is the first Lutheran medal.
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Document identity
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11968
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Pendant/Medal with the Fall of Man and the Crucifixion
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Source metadata
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11968
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object
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title
Pendant/Medal with the Fall of Man and the Crucifixion
description
In 1535, Reinhart completed a stunning portrait medal of Johann Friedrich, duke of Saxony, and, the following year, the duke commissioned this medal, to which on some versions a ring was added to make it into a pendant. With its particular interpretation of the theme of the Fall and redemption of man, so central to the Reformation theology preached by Martin Luther and his followers, it is the first Lutheran medal.
provenance
Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, New York; Douglas H. Gordon, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.
date
ca. 1536 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Coins & Medals
medals
pendants
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
9
height
7
depth
1
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 9/16 × W: 2 3/4 × D: 3/8 in. (9 × 7 × 1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
On the obverse (The Fall):ET.SICVT.IN.ADAM.OMNES.MORIVNTVR.ITA.ET.IN.CHRISTVM.OMNES.VIVIFICABVNTVR.VNVSQVISQVE.INORDINE.SVObelow the scene on a scroll:IONNAIS.FRIDERICVS.ELECTOR.DVX.SAXONIE.FIERI.FECITOn the reverse (The Crucifixion):VT.MOSES.EREXIT.SERPeTe; ITa.chrS.IN.CRVCE.EXALTATVS.ET.RESVSCiTATVS.CAPVT.SERPeTiS.CONTIViT.VT.On a scroll beneath the main scene:SPES.MEA.IN.DEO.EST.
med
gilded silver
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4494
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REN
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666
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1
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0
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photo
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