HERALDRY IN THE SCHER COLLECTION OF COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS

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Bronze portrait medal of Cornelio Musso, wearing a hooded robe buttoned up the front, with a pointed beard and tonsure, in profile to the left
Bronze medal of a mule drinking from a body of water with a number of figures and animals in the background
162
Unknown artist (Veneto)
CORNELIO MUSSO (1511–1574)
ca. 1562
Copper alloy, cast; 57.9 mm
Scher Collection
 
There is a coat of arms in the exergue: a shield with what looks like a Bend indented.
 
Bronze portrait medal of Francesco Della Rovere, Pope Sixtus IV wearing full papal regalia in profile to the left
Bronze medal of a building with columns on either side
199
Girolamo Paladino (1647–1689)
POPE SIXTUS IV (delle Rovere, b. 1414; r. 1471–84)
Late 17th century
Copper alloy, struck, restitution medal; cracked reverse die; 43.9 mm
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
 
Azure, an oak tree eradicated and fructed Or (delle Rovere).
 
Silver portrait medal of Cardinal Ludovico Portocarrero wearing a hooded mozzetta, and a biretta over a zucchetto, in profile to the left
Silver medal of a statue of a trumpeting angel standing on a plinth, with four figures standing around the base, with cannons behind the plinth, and a ship and island in the background. Four winged, naked children fly in the upper right corner of the background
201
Giovanni Martino Hamerani (1646–1705)
LUIS MANUEL FERNANDEZ DE PORTOCARRERO (1629–1709)
Dated 1678
Silver, struck; 45.6 mm
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016 (2016.2.165)
 
On the wall of the fortress: Quarterly 1 Per saltire argent and gules, a Maltese cross in chief counterchanged; 2 Per saltire vert and Or, in chief and in base a bend gules and along the dexter and sinister flank the words Ave Maria read from the fess point sable; 3 Checky Or and azure; 4 Gules, a crescent reversed argent (Portocarrero).
 
On the flag at the stern of the ship, the arms of Spain composed of: Quarterly 1 & 4 Gules, a castle Or port and windows azure (Castile); 2 & 3 Argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned Or (Léon).
 

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Gilt bronze portrait medal of Gian Francesco Albani, Pope Clement XI wearing a camauro and papal robes in profile to the left
Gilt bronze medal of a man with a halo seated before a canvas on an easel, on which he is painting the Virgin and Child, holding a palette in his left hand, as he looks up at the Virgin and Child in heaven. Behind the easel is a bull, lying on the floor.
206
Ermenegildo Hamerani (1683–1756)
POPE CLEMENT XI (Gianfrancesco Albani, b. 1649; r. 1700–21)
ca. 1707–10
Gilt copper alloy, struck; 44.3 mm
Scher Collection
 
Azure, a fess Or between in chief an étoile of eight points and in base a triple mount of the same (Albani).
 
Bronze portrait medal of Giuseppe Carrillo de Albornoz with long, curly hair and wearing armor, in profile to the right
Bronze medal of a winged woman standing on a pile of arms and armor, holding crowns in both hands
227
Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656–1740)
GIUSEPPE CARRILLO DE ALBORNOZ Y MONTIEL (1671–1747)
Dated 1735
Copper alloy, cast; 91.5 mm
Scher Collection
 
From left to right: Or, a horse rearing sable (Naples); a field with three crescents (tinctures unknown; Ottoman Turks, possibly Vert, three crescents argent); Gules, an eagle displayed Or (Palermo).
 
Silver medal of a man wearing a biretta, a damask coat, and a soft shirt forming several folds around his neck
Silver medal depicting the arms of the cardinal
263
Unknown artist (Nuremberg)
CARDINAL ALBRECHT OF BRANDENBURG (b. 1490; Archbishop of Mainz and Elector 1514–45)
Dated 1526
Silver, cast; 44 mm
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
 
Quarterly 1 Argent, a griffin segreant gules beaked, langued and armed Or (Pomerania); 2 Argent, an eagle displayed gules beaked and membered Or, the wings charged with a trefoil (Kleestängel) Or (Brandenburg); 3 Or, a lion rampant sable a bordure compony argent and gules (Burgrave of Nuremberg); 4 Quarterly argent and sable (Hohenzollern) in the center three inescutcheons two and one 1 Per fess gules and argent (Magdeburg) 2 Gules, a wheel argent (Mainz) and 3 Per pale argent and gules (Halberstadt).
 
Bronze medal of a man with mid length hair, wearing a large plumed hat and armor
Bronze medal depicting a shield of arms surmounted by a helmet with cascading plume
264
Unknown artist (Nuremberg)
CHRISTOF FÜRER (1479–1537)
Dated 1526
Copper alloy, cast; 39 mm
Scher Collection
 
Per pale argent and gules, a wheel dimidiating a fleur-de-lis counterchanged.
 
Silver medal of a man with long hair pulled back in braid, wearing a wide hat with badge
Silver medal depicting a winged woman holding two shields
266
Unknown artist (Nuremberg)
MAGDALENA WELZER ROEMERIN (1505–1582)
Dated 1582
Silver, cast; 39.7 mm
Scher Collection
 
Dexter: Quarterly 1 & 4 Bendy sable and Or; 2 & 3 Or issuant from a cloud nebuly argent the head and neck of an ostrich sable holding a horseshoe in its beak argent (Römer).
 
Sinister: Per pale argent and gules, a fleur-de-lis counterchanged (Welser).
 
Bronze medal of a man in profile to the right
Bronze medal depicting a shield of arms
268
Unknown artist (Nuremberg)
KONRAD REUTER (1477–1540)
Dated 1527
Copper alloy, cast; 39.5 mm
Scher Collection; Promised gift to The Frick Collection
 
On a triple mount two hay or grain flails in saltire the ends pendant (Reuter).
 
Tinctures unknown; the charges are probably a reference to a reuter (hay-drying rack).
 
Silver medal of a man with wavy hair and beard
Silver medal depicting battle armor with a bow, arrows, a sword, an ax, and a helmet
270
Matthes Gebel (ca. 1500–1574)
JOHANN GEUDER (1496–1557)
Dated 1526
Silver with traces of mercury gilt, cast; 28.3 mm
Scher Collection
 
Azure, three mullets of six points conjoined to a triangle at fesspoint argent (Geuder).