{"id":21459,"date":"2026-04-17T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mnk.pl\/wystawy\/old-prints-on-medal-making\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:08:53","slug":"old-prints-on-medal-making","status":"publish","type":"wystawy","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wystawy\/old-prints-on-medal-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Prints on Medal-Making"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dating back to 1553, ‘Epitome thesauri antiquitatum’ is one of the most interesting objects at the exhibition. Its author \u2013 Jacobus Strada \u2013 presents therein a design for a gallery of medal portraits of emperors: from Julius Caesar and rulers of ancient Rome, to his contemporary German emperors.

Medals were also made to commemorate the brave achievements of commanders and peaceful activities of the clergy, artists, scholars and distinguished leaders of local government \u2013 municipalities.

Collections, or simply designs for series of medals, became the subject of separate publications which increase the importance of both the commemorated people or events, and the medallists and their works. The old prints gathered in the National Museum include album publications with meticulous drawings presenting the achievements of individual artists, as well as academic numismatic studies analyzing in extensive historical comments the contents provided to us by ancient medalists, who sometimes placed magic signs, hieroglyphs and inscriptions made in their exotic handwriting on their works. Medal depictions also appeared as illustrations of historical or biographical works, on the one hand testifying to the esteem that the recipient of the coin enjoyed amongst his contemporaries, and on the other \u2013 constituting an example of the importance of the event it was meant to commemorate.

The exhibition of old prints on the subject of medal-making constitutes the first part of the series ‘De Re Nummaria’. Other displays, on the theme of major and minor numismatic collections and Polish coins featured in old prints, will be opened in 2017.

Curator: Agnieszka Perzanowska<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Strona
Johann Jakob Salomon, Der M\u00fcnz=Geschichte der Stadt Danzig. Erstes St\u00fcck. \u2013 Sechstes St\u00fcck. Im Jahr 1762, 1763. [b.m.r.dr; Gda\u0144sk, 1762, 1763]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Strona
Johann Jakob Salomon, Der M\u00fcnz=Geschichte der Stadt Danzig. Erstes St\u00fcck. \u2013 Sechstes St\u00fcck. Im Jahr 1762, 1763. [b.m.r.dr; Gda\u0144sk, 1762, 1763]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Strona
Johann Jakob Salomon, Der M\u00fcnz=Geschichte der Stadt Danzig. Erstes St\u00fcck. \u2013 Sechstes St\u00fcck. Im Jahr 1762, 1763. [b.m.r.dr; Gda\u0144sk, 1762, 1763]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Strona
Georg Peter Schultz, Historia Interregni [\u2026], Gedani, 1738<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grawerowana
Georg Peter Schultz, Historia Interregni [\u2026], Gedani, 1738<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rycina
Chretien de Mechel, Oeuvre du Chevalier Hedlinger ou recueil des medailles de ce celebre artiste. Basel 1776, 1778<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Czarno-bia\u0142a
Chretien de Mechel, Oeuvre du Chevalier Hedlinger ou recueil des medailles de ce celebre artiste. Basel 1776, 1778<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stare<\/figure>\n
\"Kilka<\/figure>\n
\"Otwarta<\/figure>\n
\"Zbli\u017cenie<\/figure>\n
\"Zdj\u0119cie
Cover – Georg Peter Schultz, Historia Interregni [\u2026], Gedani, 1738<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Strona
Johann Jakob Salomon, Der M\u00fcnz=Geschichte der Stadt Danzig. Erstes St\u00fcck. \u2013 Sechstes St\u00fcck. Im Jahr 1762, 1763. [b.m.r.dr; Gda\u0144sk, 1762, 1763]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dwudzielne
Cover – Johann Jakob Salomon, Der M\u00fcnz=Geschichte der Stadt Danzig. Erstes St\u00fcck. \u2013 Sechstes St\u00fcck. Im Jahr 1762, 1763. [b.m.r.dr; Gda\u0144sk, 1762, 1763]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Czarno-bia\u0142a
Georg Peter Schultz, Historia Interregni [\u2026], Gedani, 1738<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dwa
Cover – Chretien de Mechel, Oeuvre du Chevalier Hedlinger ou recueil des medailles de ce celebre artiste. Basel 1776, 1778<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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