Moravian Medals of the Renaissance and Baroque

Dietrichstein Palace, Zelný trh 8, Brno
Thursday 1 February 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

Lecturer: PhDr. Tat'ána Kučerovská, CSc.

The topic of the lecture focuses on the earliest phase of medal making in Moravia in the Central European context. It describes the creation of the first Moravian medals in the first half of the 16th century and presents a relatively complete survey of Renaissance medals (from the first half of the 16th century to the first half of the 17th century). The flourishing of Baroque medal art in Moravia was due, among other things, to the activity of the Kromeriz mint, where medals of the bishops of Olomouc were struck between 1613 and 1759. These are works of high artistic quality, which often surpass the works of engravers of renowned medal centres in Central Europe.