European Medals in the Chazen Museum of Art: Highlights from the Vernon Hall Collection and Later Acquisitions

by Stephen K. Scher (Introduction), Maria F. P. Saffiotti Dale (Editor)

This grouping of medals represents the museum’s Renaissance, Baroque, and nineteenth-century highlights and illustrates the history of the art of the commemorative medal. This catalogue incorporates the scholarship of nine international medallic experts. Their erudition, consummate research skills, and effective prose are evident in sixty-one essays on some of the masterpieces of this art form written for the education and enjoyment of students, specialists, and the general public alike.

205 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2013