Leopold Pronner - A carved ivory medallion with Emperor Ferdinand I by Leopold Pronner - image-1

Lot 1258 Dα

Leopold Pronner - A carved ivory medallion with Emperor Ferdinand I by Leopold Pronner

Auction 1087 - overview Cologne
20.05.2017, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €

Leopold Pronner

A carved ivory medallion with Emperor Ferdinand I by Leopold Pronner

A round medallion with a raised relief depicting a three-quarter bust of the Emperor facing right. He is shown crowned and dressed in his regalia with the Order of the Golden Fleece. The medallion inscribed to the border "FERDINANDVS I D C ROMANORVM IMPERATOR SEMPER AVGVSTVS." and with a small inscription plate to the left dated "1580" with the initials "LP" for the ivory sculptor and turner Leopold Pronner - an Austrian who settled in Nuremberg in 1600.
Slightly yellowed, the right edge reattached. Diameter 9.5 cm.