Medal Portraying Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse

Public Domain

Artist / maker

Constantin Starck (medalists)

Period

20th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This medal served as the official prize medal for the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The obverse depicts Ernst-Ludwig, the last Grand Duke of Hesse. The Grand Duke had to abdicate after the Great War in November 1918 when Hesse became a republic within the framework of the German Empire.

More about this work

Features
Artist / maker Constantin Starck
Type medals
Category medals
Material bronze
Object number 1911-DF
Description
Subject figures (representations)
Tags male sex; man Iconclass, adult man Iconclass, nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood Iconclass, historical persons Iconclass, historische figuur (ERNST LODEWIJK VAN HESSEN-DARMSTADT) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-DF
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8236/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1911-DF
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