Object Description
21 MAXIMILIAN OF AUSTRIA (1459-1519) and MARIA OF BURGUNDY (1457-82) ca. 1477
Obv. Bust to right. Around, . MAXIMILIANVS . FR . CAES . F . DVX . AVSTR . BVRGVND .
Rev. Bust to right of Maria. At left, interlaced MM surmounted by crown. Around, MARIA . KAROLI . F . DVX . BVRGVNDIAE . AVSTRIAE . BRAB . C . FLAN:
Bronze, old aftercast, 49 mm.
Probably made in 1477 for the marriage of the couple, this medal exists in great numbers.
Bibl.: Corpus, no. 831; Arm. 2, p. 80,i; Salton, no. 27; Kress, no. 225 (attributed to Candida); Morgenroth, no. 85; Habich, pl. 62, 7; Brescia i, p. 75, no. 505; Tresor German, pl. 4, 3; L. Baldass, "Die Bildnisse Maximilians I," Jahrbuch der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien 31 (1913/14), p. 249; Heraeus, pls. 14, 7, 18, 7; Van Mieris i, p. 141 ; Forrer i, p. 336.