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The medal has an obverse only representing the bust of Martin Pfinzing of Nuremberg facing right, bearded and bare-headed, and wearing armour. One of the medals of Martin Pfinzing (inv. 177-1867) may be cast from this model. The blurred surface of inv. 96-1867, and its later reverse suggest that it could be an aftercast from a medal.\n\r\nGebel (ca. 1500-1574) who lived in Nuremberg was considered the most important medallist of his time. Also today he is considered as the most prolific medallist in Nuremberg of the Renaissance period. Habich ascribes 350 medals to him. They are almost all two-sided and thinly cast in silver, lead or bronze. He was friend of Albrecht Dürer and struck a famous medal of him in 1527. It shows Dürer with short hair. 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Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990, p. 54"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1867. <font -u>Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1.</font> London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 23"}],"production":"The associated object Mus. no. 177-1867 may be cast from this model.\r\nThe associated object Mus. no. 96-1867, and its later reverse suggest that it could be an aftercast from a medal. 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