Queen Victoria "Jubilee Head" proof sovereign
Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2000
Catalogue
- Year
- 1887
- Medium
- Gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 21 mm.
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Joseph Edgar Boehm
Artist
Sculpture
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet, was an Austrian-born British medallist and sculptor, best known for the "Jubilee head" of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. During his career Boehm maintained a large studio in London and produced a significant volume of public works and private commissions. A speciality of Boehm's was the portrait bust; there are many examples of these in the National Portrait Gallery. He was often commissioned by the Royal Family and members of the aristocracy to make sculptures for their parks and gardens. His works were many, and he exhibited 123 of them at the Royal Academy from 1862 to his death in 1890.
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- Joseph Edgar Boehm
- Year
- 1887
- Medium
- Gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 21 mm.
- Watts ID
- WW-1887-536940
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified