DOI issue:
No. 206 (April, 1914)
DOI article:Some recent medals
DOI article:Tapestries at the Brooklyn Museum
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43455#0409
Some Recent Medals
societies here for the study of numismatics. The
collecting of sets of cents and half cents led to
wider fields of action and to an intense interest in
the medals of other countries. At the present
moment it would be difficult to find more beauty
within a narrow round than is offered by the Lind-
bergs, father and son, of Sweden. Thanks to the
kindness of Mr. J. de Lagerberg, who has lent us
some beautiful specimens, we are showing some in
reproduction which represent the extreme skill of
these eminent designers. The elder Lindberg,
Johan Adolf, was born in 1839, and studied many
years at the Royal Mint. Erik Lindberg, born in
1873, was appointed Royal Coin and Medal En-
graver in 1897.
Reverse and obverse of the Professor Montelius
placque are beautifully related and are a striking
instance of his artistic skill.
Another reproduction is the Olympic Game
Medal by Adolf Lindberg, distributed to contrib-
utors and distinguished people who assisted in
promoting the games. Our final reproduction,
also the work of Adolf, is a commemorative medal
specially struck for Commodore de Lagerberg, who
at the fortieth anniversary of the Swedish Numis-
matic Society enjoyed the proud distinction of
being the founder and only surviving charter
member. The Lindbergs are worthy followers of
their distinguished countryman, Carl Hedlinger,
whose medals in the eighteenth century were ad-
mittedly unequalled by any other designers of any
other country.
Tapestries at the Brooklyn mu-
seum
Beginning on April 8, and continuing to April
20, there will be a loan exhibition of Gothic, Ren-
aissance, Baroque and Eighteenth-Century tapes-
tries. It will be the most important tapes -y ex-
hibition ever held in the country, outside of the
Metropolitan Museum, in many respects surpass-
ing even the remarkable collection lent by Mr.
Morgan. The Exhibition is being assembled and
arranged under the-direction of Mr. Hunter.
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societies here for the study of numismatics. The
collecting of sets of cents and half cents led to
wider fields of action and to an intense interest in
the medals of other countries. At the present
moment it would be difficult to find more beauty
within a narrow round than is offered by the Lind-
bergs, father and son, of Sweden. Thanks to the
kindness of Mr. J. de Lagerberg, who has lent us
some beautiful specimens, we are showing some in
reproduction which represent the extreme skill of
these eminent designers. The elder Lindberg,
Johan Adolf, was born in 1839, and studied many
years at the Royal Mint. Erik Lindberg, born in
1873, was appointed Royal Coin and Medal En-
graver in 1897.
Reverse and obverse of the Professor Montelius
placque are beautifully related and are a striking
instance of his artistic skill.
Another reproduction is the Olympic Game
Medal by Adolf Lindberg, distributed to contrib-
utors and distinguished people who assisted in
promoting the games. Our final reproduction,
also the work of Adolf, is a commemorative medal
specially struck for Commodore de Lagerberg, who
at the fortieth anniversary of the Swedish Numis-
matic Society enjoyed the proud distinction of
being the founder and only surviving charter
member. The Lindbergs are worthy followers of
their distinguished countryman, Carl Hedlinger,
whose medals in the eighteenth century were ad-
mittedly unequalled by any other designers of any
other country.
Tapestries at the Brooklyn mu-
seum
Beginning on April 8, and continuing to April
20, there will be a loan exhibition of Gothic, Ren-
aissance, Baroque and Eighteenth-Century tapes-
tries. It will be the most important tapes -y ex-
hibition ever held in the country, outside of the
Metropolitan Museum, in many respects surpass-
ing even the remarkable collection lent by Mr.
Morgan. The Exhibition is being assembled and
arranged under the-direction of Mr. Hunter.
LII