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 212.547.60710 or mediarelations@frick.org. Imagetable 1a & 1b. Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395 1455) John VIII Paleologus, Emperor of Byzantium (b. 1392; r. 1425 48), ca. 1438 Lead, cast; 104.1 mm 2a & 2b. Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395 ca. 1455) Leonello d Este, Marquess of Ferrara (1407-1450), ca. 1445 Copper alloy, cast; 68.9 mm 3a & 3b. Matteo de Pasti (1420 d. aft. 1467) Isotta degli Atti of Rimini (1432/33 1474), dated 1446 Copper alloy, cast; 82.9 mm 4a & 4b. Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello (ca. 1395 1455) Cecilia Gonzaga (1426 1451), dated 1447 Copper alloy, cast; 85.8 mm
5a & 5b. Bertoldo di Giovanni (1420/30 1491) Filippo de Medici, 1462 74 Copper alloy (cast), cast; 55.6 mm The Frick Collection, gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016 6a & 6b. 7a & 7b. Nicolas Leclerc (act. 1487 1507) and Jean de Saint-Priest (act. 1490 1516) Louis XII, King of France (b. 1462; r. 1498 1515) and Anne of Brittany (1476 1514), dated 1499 Copper alloy, cast; 114.4 mm Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, called Antico (ca. 1460 1528) Antonia del Balzo (1461 1538), ca. 1500 Copper alloy, cast; 40.9 mm Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection 8a & 8b. Hans Daucher (ca. 1485 1538) Ludwig II, King of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1506; r. 1516 26), and Count Stephan Schlick (1487 1526), dated 1526 Copper alloy, cast; 60.4 mm
9a & 9b. Matthes Gebel (ca. 1500 1574) Albrecht Dürer (1471 1528), 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, 100.2 mm (including wooden case) 11a & 11b. Hans Reinhart the Elder (1500/10 1581) Johann Friedrich I (1503 1554; Elector of Saxony 1532 47), dated 1535 Silver, cast; 65.8 mm 12a & 12b. Wolf Milicz (active 1533 46) Ferdinand I (1503-1564) and Anne of Bohemia (1503-1547), dated 1537 Silver, struck; 46.8 mm Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
13a & 13b. Hans Reinhart the Elder (1500/10 1581) Trinity Medal, dated 1544 Silver, cast; 102.8 mm 14a & 14b. Steven van Herwijck (ca. 1530 1565/67) George van Egmond, Bishop of Utrecht (1504 1559), dated 1558 Silver, cast; 144.5 mm 15a & 15b. Jacques Jonghelinck (1530 1606) Lucas Munich (1490/91 1563), dated 1559 Copper alloy, cast; 68.1 mm 16a & 16b. Germain Pilon (ca. 1525 1590) Henri II, King of France (b. 1519; r. 1547 59), dated 1559 Copper alloy, cast; 163.6 mm
17a & 17b. Attributed to Balduin Drentwett (1545 1627) 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. 1578 after 1619) Allegory of Vanitas, dated 1614 Silver, with gilding; 128 100 102 mm (cup), 57 44 mm (medal) 19a & 19b. Guillaume Dupré (ca. 1579 1640) Pierre Jeannin (1540 1622), dated 1618 Copper alloy, cast; 187.5 mm 20a & 20b. Unknown artist Nicholas (1532 1609) and Dorothy Wadham (1534 1618), ca. 1618 Silver, repoussé (?); 54 45.5 mm 22a & 22b. Unknown artist Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden (b. 1594; r. 1611 32), ca. 1630 32 Silver, embossed; 97.3 71.3 mm (obverse, including frame), 97.3 73 mm (reverse, including frame)
23a & 23b Sebastian Dadler (1586 1657) 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. 1584 1669) The Peace of Münster, dated 1648 Gilt silver, two cast shells soldered together; 71.8 mm 25a & 25b. Sebastian Dadler (1586 1657) Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608; r. 1637 57), dated 1649 Silver, struck; 77.6 mm 26a & 26b. Wouter Muller (1604 1673) Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1597 1653), dated 1653 Silver, two cast shells soldered together; 70.6 mm
27a & 27b. Juriaen Pool I (1618 1669) Inauguration of the New Town Hall, Amsterdam, dated 1655 Silver, struck; 71 mm 28a & 28b. Pieter van Abeele (1608 1684) Charles II, King of England (b. 1630; r. 1660 85), ca. 1660 Silver, two cast shells soldered together; 68.5 mm 29a & 29b. Fyodor Alexeyev (1753 1824) Peter I of Russia, the Great (b. 1672), dated 1703 Silver, struck; 55 mm 31a & 31b. Augustin Dupré (1748 1833) and Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738 1814) 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 (1751 1819; Queen Consort of Spain 1788 1808), dated 1793 Silver, struck; 56.3 mm
33. Pierre-Jean David d Angers (1788 1856) Josephine Bonaparte (1763 1814); Empress Consort of France 1804 10; Queen Consort of Italy 1805 10), ca. 1832 Gilt copper alloy, cast; 177.8 mm Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection 34a & 34b. George William de Saulles (1861 1903) Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (b. 1819; r. 1837 1901), 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 10021. 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.