Show all records
Click image for high resolution zoom or multiple image views.

    Artist

  • Wiener, Jakob, 1815-1899

    • Title

  • Commemorative medal, City Hall of Louvain

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : copper ; 2 in. (5 cm.) diam

  • Date

    1848

  • Summary

    Recto: Ornate building with text "Hotel de Ville de Louvain." Artist's name and date at bottom. Verso: Two angels hold up a scroll with a floor plan of the building. Inscribed in an ornate frame interspersed with text about the building. Appears to be another version of 2012.047.

  • Subject

    City halls, Belgium; Medals

  • Place

    Louvain (Belgium)

  • Genre

    Commemorative medals

  • Part Of

    Leopold Wiener Collection, AR 5087

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Jacques Wiener (1815–1899) was the oldest of three brothers who were to become famous as medalists. Born in the Rhineland to Hungarian immigrants, he was apprenticed at the age of 13 to his uncle L. Baruch, a fine engraver in his own right. The two signed some earlier medals jointly. At the age of 30 Wiener was the first to conceive the idea of engraving in precise detail the exterior and interior of a monument on the obverse and reverse of a medal. He engraved with great delicacy ten medals of famous Belgian churches. This he followed with a series of 41 medals, issued between 1850 and 1865, illustrating the most famous European buildings. He also engraved the first Belgian stamps, and for many years was head of the government plant issuing these stamps. Among the hundreds of medals of this master, there are several of Jewish interest, e.g., the 1841 opening of the Jewish Home for the Aged in The Hague and the 1861 opening of the Synagogue at Cologne. (Source: Jewish Virtual Library)

Related Works in the LBI Catalog

Artist:

This will search DigiBaeck, a subset of the LBI Catalog concentrating on all of its digitized materials that are available online. The search will list all of LBI's digitized materials pertaining to this artist/creator, including artworks (those described in the Griffinger Portal and more), archival collections, photographs, rare books, and periodicals.

Reproductions and Permissions

We welcome fair use of this content. Please credit the Leo Baeck Institute in your citation. For usage policies and to request higher resolution images, see Reproductions and Permissions.

Citation

Wiener, Jakob: Commemorative medal, City Hall of Louvain, Leo Baeck Institute, 2012.048.