Research Catalog
The Scher collection of commemorative medals
- Title
- The Scher collection of commemorative medals / edited by Stephen K. Scher with the assistance of Aimee Ng ; essays by Christopher Eimer [and 7 others] ; entries by Walter Cupperi [and 7 others] ; artist biographies by Emma Merkling, Stephen K. Scher, and Davide Stefanacci.
- Publication
- New York : The Frick Collection ; London : in association with D Giles Limited, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Description
- 655 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
- Subject
- Scher, Stephen K. > Art collections > Catalogs
- Scher, Janie Woo > Art collections > Catalogs
- Scher, Stephen K. > Collections d'art > Catalogues
- Scher, Janie Woo > Collections d'art > Catalogues
- Scher, Janie Woo
- Scher, Stephen K
- Scher, Stephen K. 1934-
- Frick Collection > Catalogs
- Frick Collection
- Scher Collection
- Medals > Europe > Catalogs
- Medals > United States > Catalogs
- Medals > Mexico > Catalogs
- Portrait medallions > Catalogs
- Médailles > Catalogues > Europe
- Médailles > Catalogues > États-Unis
- Médailles > Catalogues > Mexique
- Médailles > Collections privées > Catalogues > États-Unis
- Médaillons (Portraits) > Catalogues
- Art > Private collections
- Medals
- Portrait medallions
- Gedenkmünze
- Medaille
- Sammlung
- Europe
- Mexico
- United States
- 1400-1950
- Genre/Form
- Catalog
- catalogs (documents)
- Collection catalogs.
- Catalogs.
- Catalogues de collection.
- Catalogues.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 568-630) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Hunting the wild aftercast: confessions of a medal collector / by Stephen K. Scher -- Note to the reader / by Aimee Ng -- Italy. Art at its apex: the medals of Italy / by Ulrich Pfisterer -- Germany and Austria. A handy mirror for princes and citizens: the rise and dissemination of medals in Germany / by Martin Hirsch -- France. "Proof stones of history": the medal in France, 1400-1900 / by Mark Jones -- The Netherlands. Perspectives in metal: a history of medals of the Low Countries / by Jan Pelsdonk -- England. Illustrating an island nation: the medals of Britain / by Christopher Eimer -- Russia and Scandinavia. The tale of the elephant, the lion, the dragon and other extinct animals -- the early history of medallic art in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia / by Marie-Astrid Pelsdonk -- Switzerland, Mexico, and the United States -- Artist biographies -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic credits.
- ISBN
- 9781907804878
- 1907804870
- LCCN
- 2018000157
- OCLC
- on1019839852
- 1019839852
- SCSB-9413542
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library