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The collection of 85 cast German medals from the first six decades of the 16th century reproduced in this book represents the early period of the German Renaissance. In addition to portraits it contains medals representing biblical scenes and historical events, thus supplying fuller insight into the artists' work. There were a variety of reasons for the triumphal advent of the portrait medal : its permanence gave it clear advantages over wood-cuts and copper engravings reproduced on paper; its three-dimensional quality made it especially impressive; and the durability of the metal ensured that the memory of the figures thus portrayed would endure long after they had left this world.

Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- anno 1500-1599 --- Germany --- 7.041.5 --- 737.2 <43> --- 76 <43> "15" --- Iconografie: portretten --- Medailles. Penningkunde. Jetons--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- Grafische kunsten. Grafiek. Prentkunst--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989--16e eeuw. Periode 1500-1599 --- Medalists --- Medals, Renaissance --- Portraits, Renaissance --- 76 <43> "15" Grafische kunsten. Grafiek. Prentkunst--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989--16e eeuw. Periode 1500-1599 --- 737.2 <43> Medailles. Penningkunde. Jetons--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- 7.041.5 Iconografie: portretten --- Renaissance portraits --- Renaissance medals --- Engravers --- Médailles de la renaissance --- Sculpture de portraits de la renaissance --- Allemagne --- Collections privées