Model for a Medal: Portrait of Wolfgang Volkra (1480-1531) (obverse); Volkra coat-of -arms (reverse)
Object Name
Object Type
Category
Sculptures
Date
1527
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Object Number
AGOID.29430
Location
AGO, Gallery 113 Thomson European, East Case
Gallery Number
AGO, Gallery 113
Dimensions
Overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Outside: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Outside: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved in wood around figure on obverse: WOLF.VOLKRA.DER.ZYET KO(N).MT.ZW.BEHEM.UND.ZW.HUNGRN/ EC.RADT.UND.HOF.MARSCHALK/1527