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Hans Kels the Younger German
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The artist who made this medallion paid the same careful attention to the clothing as the carver of a related five-figure statuette group (17.190.258a–f) also in The Met's collection.
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Title: Carchesius
Artist:
Hans Kels the Younger (German, 1508/10–1565)
Date: 1541
Culture: German, Augsburg
Medium: Boxwood
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.190.487
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