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Portrait of Anton Rem (2002.8)
Creator
Hans SchwarzGerman Artist · 1492–1521
All works by this person →Hans Schwarz spent ten years training with his uncle, Stephan Schwarz, to be a sculptor. He then began making portrait medals of Augsburg's leading citizens. Schwarz first sketched his subjects with clear strokes, defining their individual features, then carved a wooden model with the profile and an inscription, finally casting a medal in bronze or lead. In 1519, after only three years of experien
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- about 1518
- Medium
- Black chalk
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
This drawing of a man was made in preparation for a commemorative portrait medal. Hans Schwarz paid close attention to details of the sitter's profile, carefully rendering his broad nose and curly locks with sure, clear strokes, and recording his fashionable felt hat and lace collar. An inscription on the medal made after this drawing--now in the collection of a German museum--identifies the sitter as Anton Rem, a member of one of Renaissance Augsburg's wealthiest families.
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