Patronage at the Art Nouveau exhibition on the Mathildenhöhe - Ernst Ludwig 1901 front Patronage at the Art Nouveau exhibition on the Mathildenhöhe - Ernst Ludwig 1901 back
Patronage at the Art Nouveau exhibition on the Mathildenhöhe - Ernst Ludwig 1901 photo
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Patronage at the Art Nouveau exhibition on the Mathildenhöhe - Ernst Ludwig

1901 year
Bronze - 60.5 mm
Description
Location
Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt, German States)
Grand duke
Ernest Louis (Ernst Ludwig) (1892-1918)
Type
Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year
1901
Composition
Bronze
Diameter
60.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#411461
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

A figure standing between two pillars with a nimbus from the front, she is wearing a long robe decorated with braided ribbons, in her hands she is holding the model of the exhibition building, the "Ernst-Ludwig-Haus" named after the Grand Duke, there are flame basins on the framing pillars, the faces of the pillars bear the artist's dedication.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IHREM SCHÖPFER
UND SCHIRMHERRN
DEM GROSSHERZOG
ERNST LUDWIG
VON HESSEN
UND BEI RHEIN
IN DANKBARKEIT
UND EHRFURCHT
GEWIDMET
IM JAHRE 1901 - DIE KÜNSTLER
KOLONIE IN
DARMSTADT
PETER BEHRENS
RUDOLF BOSSELT
PAUL BUERCL
HANS CHRISTIANSEN
LUDWIG HABICH
PATRIZ HUBER
JOSEPH OLBRICH

Engraver: Rudolf Bosselt