Stephen K. Scher
Past Exhibition: The Proud Republic
The Proud Republic: Dutch Medals of the Golden Age
May 6, 1997 to July 27, 1997
An exhibition of forty-one medals, a print by Rembrandt, and a spectacular silver-gilt standing cup with cover, dated 1639, by Jan Lutma the Elder, all chosen and catalogued by guest curator Stephen K. Scher. The exhibition focused on Dutch medals of the seventeenth century, preceded by a sampling of sixteenth-century Italian and Netherlandish examples. Almost all of the examples are in silver, and most are cast, although large struck medals are equally important and impressive.
Past Exhibition: The Currency of Fame
The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance
The first major survey in America on the art of the Renaissance portrait medal, on display in the Garden Court. The exhibition was co-organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and The Frick Collection and included more than 170 of the most important and beautiful medals from the major European centers of production: Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and England.
Stephen K. Scher: "An Insatiable Desire for all Things Antique: Isabella d'Este as Patron and Collector"
April 12, 2019. Stephen K. Scher presents his lecture "'An Insatiable Desire for all Things Antique: Isabella d'Este as Patron and Collector" as part of the two-day symposium 'When Michelangelo Was Modern: The Art Market and Collecting in Italy, 1450–1650' organized by the Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library.
Xavier F. Salomon and Dr. Stephen K. Scher: Closing Remarks
Xavier F. Salomon, Chief Curator at The Frick Collection and Stephen K. Scher, Collector and Art Historian present their closing remarks for the symposium Full Circle: The Medal in Art History, presented by The Frick Collection in honor of Stephen K. Scher on Friday, September 8, 2017.
Emerson Bowyer: "History in Relief"
Emerson Bowyer, Searle Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago presents his lecture History in Relief. This video is one of a series of lectures from the symposium Full Circle: The Medal in Art History, presented by The Frick Collection in honor of Stephen K. Scher on Friday, September 8, 2017.
Hannah Williams: "Portrayal and Commemoration: Medal Engravers at the French Academy of Painting and Sculpture"
Hannah Williams, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Queen Mary University of London presents her lecture Portrayal and Commemoration: Medal Engravers at the French Academy of Painting and Sculpture. This video is one of a series of lectures from the symposium Full Circle: The Medal in Art History, presented by The Frick Collection in honor of Stephen K. Scher on Friday, September 8, 2017.
Martin Hirsch: "Papal Medals and the Interplay of Prints, Paintings, and Numismatics"
Martin Hirsch, Curator at the Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich presents his lecture Papal Medals and the Interplay of Prints, Paintings, and Numismatics. This video is one of a series of lectures from the symposium Full Circle: The Medal in Art History, presented by The Frick Collection in honor of Stephen K. Scher on Friday, September 8, 2017.
Jeffrey Collins: "Egentium Votis: Francesco Riccardi, Giovacchino Fortini, and the Art of Self-Promotion"
Jeffrey Collins, Professor at the Bard Graduate Center presents his lecture Egentium Votis: Francesco Riccardi, Giovacchino Fortini, and the Art of Self-Promotion. This video is one of a series of lectures from the symposium Full Circle: The Medal in Art History, presented by The Frick Collection in honor of Stephen K. Scher on Friday, September 8, 2017.
Emily Fenichel: "Michelangelo's Portrait Medal: The Penitent Artist in His Final Years"
Emily Fenichel, Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University, presents her lecture Michelangelo's Portrait Medal: The Penitent Artist in His Final Years. This video is one of a series of lectures from the symposium Full Circle: The Medal in Art History, presented by The Frick Collection in honor of Stephen K. Scher on Friday, September 8, 2017.
Ilaria Bernocchi: "Inventing" Identity: Medals and Heroic Portraits in the Italian Renaissance
Ilaria Bernocchi, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Cambridge, presents her lecture "Inventing" Identity: Medals and Heroic Portraits in the Italian Renaissance. This video is one of a series of lectures from the symposium Full Circle: The Medal in Art History, presented by The Frick Collection in honor of Stephen K. Scher on Friday, September 8, 2017.