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Medallion with a Portrait of Margaret of Austria

dated 1528 | Conrat Meit

Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1480–1530) was regent of the Netherlands and the first important Habsburg collector. This painted clay medallion is modelled on an authorized portrait of the art-loving princess of which numerous copies were known. The inscription emphasizes her august rank as the daughter of Emperor Maximilian I and aunt of Emperor Charles V.

Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1480–1530) was regent of the Netherlands and the first important Habsburg collector. This painted clay medallion is modelled on an authorized portrait of the art-loving princess of which numerous copies were known. The inscription emphasizes her august rank as the daughter of Emperor Maximilian I and aunt of Emperor Charles V.

Artist:
Conrat Meit (um 1475/80 Worms - 1550/51 Antwerpen) DNB

Time:
dated 1528

Object Name
Medallion; Relief

Culture
Malines or Brou

Material/technology:
Painted terracotta

Dimensions:
D. 9,2 cm

Inscribed
"MARGARITA CESAVM AVSTRIE VNICA FILIA ET AMITA 1528"

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer

Invs.
Kunstkammer, 3150

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