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    Artist

  • Abramson, Abraham, 1754-1811

    • Title

  • Daniel Itzig Commemorative Medal

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : silver ; 7 cm in diameter

  • Date

    1793

  • Notes

    Title devised by cataloger

  • Summary

    Recto: Profile relief of Daniel Itzig wearing a turban-like head covering. Inscribed above is his name and "AETAT LXX" [at age 70]; "Abramson" is underneath the relief. Verso: A mother holds a bowl, which her son looks in. Inscribed: "BENE MERENTI" and "Pietas Filii Natu Maioris MDCCLXXXXIII".

  • Depicted

    Itzig, Daniel, 1723-1799

  • Subject

    Portraits; Jewish medalists; Jewish minters

  • Genre

    Commemorative medals

  • Medium

    Medals; Numismatics

  • Part Of

    Jacob Abraham and Abraham Abramson Collection, AR 11970

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Biographical/Historical Information

Daniel Itzig was a banker and Court Jew to King Frederick II the Great and King Frederick William II of Prussia. Following the Seven Years' War, he was made Master of the Mint in 1756. Itizig was also instrumental in improving Jewish life and rights in Prussia.

Abraham Abramson (1754-1811) was the son of Jacob Abraham, a medallist and minter. Abramson was an apprentice to his father beginning at the age of seventeen. He was appointed a royal medallist in 1781, and in 1792, became a member of the Preussische Akademie der Kuenste, Berlin.

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Abramson, Abraham: Daniel Itzig Commemorative Medal, Leo Baeck Institute, 2017.01.