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  • Abramson, Abraham, 1754-1811, artist

    • Title

  • Medal: Portrait of Leonhard Euler

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : silver and copper ; 1.65" diameter., 4.2 cm diameter

  • Date

    18th-19th century

  • Summary

    Recto: Portrait of Euler in profile facing left (neck and head only). Around the top edge of the medal is the text, "LEONHARD EULER" Artist's name inscribed at bottom. Verso: Image of a paper with shapes on it, a telescope, a sphere, and a compass sitting on a tabletop. Around the edge of the medal is the text, "RADIO DESCRIBIT ORBEM" and at the bottom, "NATUS MDCCVII"

  • Depicted

    Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783

  • Subject

    Jewish medalists; Jewish minters

  • Genre

    Commemorative medals

  • Medium

    Portraits; Medals; Numismatics

  • Part Of

    Jacob Abraham and Abraham Abramson Collection, AR 11970

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Biographical/Historical Information

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician, and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made pioneering and influential discoveries in many other branches of mathematics such as analytic number theory, complex analysis, and infinitesimal calculus. He introduced much of modern mathematical terminology and notation, including the notion of a mathematical function. He is also known for his work in mechanics, fluid dynamics, optics, astronomy, and music theory.

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: Medal: Portrait of Leonhard Euler, Leo Baeck Institute, 2024.146.