Past Exhibition

Hamburg Satirical Medal

Silver medal of a man wearing a wide hat with a plume and holding glasses in his right hand and covering his face with his left hand
Silver medal of a headless and bare-breasted woman wearing a long dress and pearl necklace and holding fan with her right hand

Johann Christoph Reteke (act. 1664–1720)
Hamburg Satirical Medal, 17th century
Silver, struck
1 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (4.39 × 4.02 cm)
Scher Collection

Cat. 66