Medal of Arnold and Nicholas Wenck

Description Portrayed here are the Nuremberg goldsmiths Arnold Wenck (active by 1501 to 1539) and, on the reverse, his brother Nicholas (d. 1541). Gebel was one of the most gifted medal makers of his time. The soft modeling of the forms of the face is very striking. The medal was in the Van lanna collection in Prague. There is a uni-face version in lead in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/26/1978	Examination	examined for condition

Provenance Van lanna Collection, Prague [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transcription] recto: ARNOLD.WENCK [Transcription] verso: NICLAS.WENNCK.MDXXXVII

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters