Details

LOT 0347

Medieval Silver Medallion with Scenes of the Flagellation

SOUTHERN GERMANY, CIRCA 1300 A.D.

1 1/2 in. (2.63 grams, 37 mm).

Disc with beaded border, repoussé scene with lancet-arch arcade, nimbate Christ being beaten by two tunicked soldiers with flails; attachment holes to the rim. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Peter Szuhay, 2005.
Ex private collection, Suffolk, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12053-217472.

Published

Fogg, S., Treasury Objects of the Middle Ages, London, 2021, p.29.

Literature

Cf. Seyderhelm, B., Goldschmiedekunst des Mittelalters. Im Gebrauch der Gemeinden über Jahrhunderte bewahrt, Maagdeburg, 2001, cat.7, for almost identical medallion.

Footnotes

These silver-gilt medallions with scenes of the Christ's life (here the Flagellation) in repoussé, are showing Gothic architectural features characteristic of the 14th century A.D., which are often represented in artworks of the late Medieval Age including manuscript illuminations and stained glass. Interestingly, the two executioners are represented with the typical caps worn in Medieval Germany by the Jews of the same period.