THE PURSUIT OF IMMORTALITY: MASTERPIECES FROM THE SCHER COLLECTION OF PORTRAIT MEDALS

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1 THE PURSUIT OF IMMORTALITY: MASTERPIECES FROM THE SCHER COLLECTION OF PORTRAIT MEDALS May 9 through September 10, 2017 The Frick Collection, New York SELECTED PRESS IMAGE LIST Digital images are available for publicity purposes; please contact the Press Office at or mediarelations@frick.org. Imagetable 1a & 1b. Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca ) John VIII Paleologus, Emperor of Byzantium (b. 1392; r ), ca Lead, cast; mm 2a & 2b. Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca ca. 1455) Leonello d Este, Marquess of Ferrara ( ), ca Copper alloy, cast; 68.9 mm 3a & 3b. Matteo de Pasti (1420 d. aft. 1467) Isotta degli Atti of Rimini (1432/ ), dated 1446 Copper alloy, cast; 82.9 mm 4a & 4b. Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca ) Cecilia Gonzaga ( ), dated 1447 Copper alloy, cast; 85.8 mm

2 5a & 5b. Bertoldo di Giovanni (1420/ ) Filippo de Medici, Copper alloy (cast), cast; 55.6 mm The Frick Collection, gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, a & 6b. 7a & 7b. Nicolas Leclerc (act ) and Jean de Saint-Priest (act ) Louis XII, King of France (b. 1462; r ) and Anne of Brittany ( ), dated 1499 Copper alloy, cast; mm Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, called Antico (ca ) Antonia del Balzo ( ), ca Copper alloy, cast; 40.9 mm Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection 8a & 8b. Hans Daucher (ca ) Ludwig II, King of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1506; r ), and Count Stephan Schlick ( ), dated 1526 Copper alloy, cast; 60.4 mm

3 9a & 9b. Matthes Gebel (ca ) Albrecht Dürer ( ), not before 1528 Copper alloy, cast; 39 mm 10a & 10b. Unknown Milanese artist Ferrante Loffredo, Marquess of Trevico (d. 1573), mid-16th century Wax on glass, mm (including wooden case) 11a & 11b. Hans Reinhart the Elder (1500/ ) Johann Friedrich I ( ; Elector of Saxony ), dated 1535 Silver, cast; 65.8 mm 12a & 12b. Wolf Milicz (active ) Ferdinand I ( ) and Anne of Bohemia ( ), dated 1537 Silver, struck; 46.8 mm Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection

4 13a & 13b. Hans Reinhart the Elder (1500/ ) Trinity Medal, dated 1544 Silver, cast; mm 14a & 14b. Steven van Herwijck (ca /67) George van Egmond, Bishop of Utrecht ( ), dated 1558 Silver, cast; mm 15a & 15b. Jacques Jonghelinck ( ) Lucas Munich (1490/ ), dated 1559 Copper alloy, cast; 68.1 mm 16a & 16b. Germain Pilon (ca ) Henri II, King of France (b. 1519; r ), dated 1559 Copper alloy, cast; mm

5 17a & 17b. Attributed to Balduin Drentwett ( ) Michael Leonhard Maier (b.1520), dated 1580 Silver, cast; 41.6 mm Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection 18a & 18b. Cup inset with Jan de Vos (ca after 1619) Allegory of Vanitas, dated 1614 Silver, with gilding; mm (cup), mm (medal) 19a & 19b. Guillaume Dupré (ca ) Pierre Jeannin ( ), dated 1618 Copper alloy, cast; mm 20a & 20b. Unknown artist Nicholas ( ) and Dorothy Wadham ( ), ca Silver, repoussé (?); mm 22a & 22b. Unknown artist Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden (b. 1594; r ), ca Silver, embossed; mm (obverse, including frame), mm (reverse, including frame)

6 23a & 23b Sebastian Dadler ( ) Frederick Henry in Triumph and Arrival of Princess Mary in the Netherlands, dated 1648 Gilt silver, struck; 73.5 mm 24a & 24b. Jan (Johannes) Lutma the Elder (ca ) The Peace of Münster, dated 1648 Gilt silver, two cast shells soldered together; 71.8 mm 25a & 25b. Sebastian Dadler ( ) Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608; r ), dated 1649 Silver, struck; 77.6 mm 26a & 26b. Wouter Muller ( ) Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp ( ), dated 1653 Silver, two cast shells soldered together; 70.6 mm

7 27a & 27b. Juriaen Pool I ( ) Inauguration of the New Town Hall, Amsterdam, dated 1655 Silver, struck; 71 mm 28a & 28b. Pieter van Abeele ( ) Charles II, King of England (b. 1630; r ), ca Silver, two cast shells soldered together; 68.5 mm 29a & 29b. Fyodor Alexeyev ( ) Peter I of Russia, the Great (b. 1672), dated 1703 Silver, struck; 55 mm 31a & 31b. Augustin Dupré ( ) and Claude Michel, called Clodion ( ) Libertas Americana, 1783 (dated 1781) Silver, struck; 47.5 mm 32a & 32b. Geronimo Antonio Gil (act. last quarter of 18th century) Maria Luisa of Parma ( ; Queen Consort of Spain ), dated 1793 Silver, struck; 56.3 mm

8 33. Pierre-Jean David d Angers ( ) Josephine Bonaparte ( ); Empress Consort of France ; Queen Consort of Italy ), ca Gilt copper alloy, cast; mm Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection 34a & 34b. George William de Saulles ( ) Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (b. 1819; r ), dated 1897 Gold, struck; 55.6 mm RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTION INFORMATION These jpegs are on loan exclusively for publicity purposes. Please return any distributed disks to the Media Relations & Marketing Department/The Frick Collection/1 East 70th Street/New York, NY Permission for any other use of this material must be sought separately. * These photo materials may not be lent or used again for publication without prior permission. * Reproductions may not run off the edge of the paper. * Reproductions may not be superimposed with type matter or in any way defaced or altered. * The word detail must appear in the caption with the complete credit line in the event that a detail is used. * Required for publication: with each image, the collection and photo credits as indicated above must be included in print. * Publisher shall furnish a complimentary copy of the issue of the periodical or book in which the reproduction(s) appears.