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Portrait medal of Laux Kreler

Unknown South German
ca. 1537 (probably a later cast)
Not on view
This one-sided medal was cast after a wood model. The model, along with a pendant wood model of Elisabeth Kreler, Laux’s wife, is now in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich. Laux Kreler was a goldsmith living in Augsburg, though none of his commissioned works appear to have survived.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait medal of Laux Kreler
  • Artist: Unknown South German medalist
  • Artist: Circle of Hans Kels the Elder (German, Füssen 1480/85–ca. 1559 Kaufbeuren)
  • Artist: Hans Kels the Younger (German, 1508/10–1565) (?)
  • Date: ca. 1537 (probably a later cast)
  • Medium: Lead
  • Dimensions: Diam. 5.9 cm, wt. 102 g.
  • Classification: Medals
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1324
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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