Hans Reinhardt (c.1510-1581), after a model... - Lot 10 - Marie-Saint Germain

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Hans Reinhardt (c.1510-1581), after a model... - Lot 10 - Marie-Saint Germain
Hans Reinhardt (c.1510-1581), after a model of. Medal in gilded lead. A / Adam and Eve on either side of the Tree of Good and Evil surrounded by the animals of the Creation; on the left, the Birth of Eve, on the right, Adam and Eve chased out of Paradise; coat of arms Double inscriptions all around : IOANNS . FRIDERICVS . ELECTOR . DVX . SAXONY . FIERI . FECIT "Jean-Frédéric, Elector, Duke of Saxony, had [this medal] made" and ET . SICVT . IN . ADAM . OMNES . MORIVNTVR . ITA . ET . IN . CHRISTVM . OMNES . VIVIFICAEBVNTVR . VNVSQUIQVE . IN . ORDINE . SVO. "As all die in Adam so also in Christ all are restored to life, each in his own time" (Rom. 5:12-17). each in his own time" (Rm 5, 12-17). R/ The Crucifixion between a temple and the Resurrection ; monogram of the engraver HR (leaning to the left) at the foot of the cross and date 1536. Double inscription all around SPES . MEA . IN . DEO . EST . "my hope is in God" and VT . MOSES . EREXIT . SERPENTEM . CHRS . IN . CRVCE . EXALTATVS . AND . RESVSCITATVS . CAPVT . SERPENTIS . CONTRIVIT . VT . SALVARET . CREDENTES . as Moses raised the serpent, so Christ, raised on the cross and cross and resurrected crushed the head of the serpent to save the believers" (Num 21:5-9). believers" (Num 21:5-9). Probably 16th century. D. 6,7 cm (slight wear, slight dent in the edge of the reverse. Light weight) Several copies of this medal by Hans Reinhardt the Elder of 1536 are listed in public collections, notably in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv.583-1872) and in the Leipzig Museum (Inv. Nr. 1908.084). One recognizes here the typical of this medallist, with the foliage of the tree treated in in small welded loops. Reinhardt was a goldsmith who worked for the for the Saxon court in Dresden. He was famous for casting his medals medals from wooden models and not from stone as most of his colleagues as most of his colleagues did.
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