102804 | GERMANY. Biblical Women silver Medal.

102804  |  GERMANY. Biblical Women silver Medal. Issued circa 1700. Feminine Virtue (36mm, 14.96 g, 1h). By P. H. Müller in Nürnberg. SCHÖN WIE RAHEL | KLUG WIE RUTH (beautiful as Rachel, smart as Ruth), Rachel, holding crozier, and Ruth, holding bushel of wheat, standing facing; star in exergue // MARTHA FLEIS | MARIEN GLVT (Martha, so diligent, Maria, so ardent), Martha, holding distaff and cookware, and Maria, in prayer, standing facing. Edge: (rosette) FRAVEN ZIMMER HEVRAT GVTT (in raised letters).

 

GPH 1058; Forster 877. Choice About Uncirculated. Deeply toned, with some great brilliance in the fields. Interesting religious type.

 

Biblical themes were a very popular topic in German medallic art from the 17th-19th centuries, with parabolical medals–those that presented a Biblical lesson or recounted a passage from the Bible–a large portion of such medals. Figures from the Bible, baptisms, weddings, and the Ten Commandments are examples of these various themes that these medals would cover. One of the leading references for this area of medallic art is Kreß auction 115 from 1960, which presented the combined collections of Marie Luise Goppel and Dr. Plum-Holler, commonly referred to as Goppel-Plum-Holler, or simply GPH.

 

Upload: 15 August 2024.