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'Cardinal Christopher Widman'Wax relief
Johann Jakob Kornmann (died 1649)
Italy (Rome)
About 1648
Wax, on painted copper
Museum no. A.32-1932
Given by Dr Sir G.F. Hill
This relief is a preliminary sketch for a medal. Once the client had approved the wax, the artist would go on to make the medal.
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'Cardinal Christopher Widman'Medal
Johann Kornmann (died 1649)
Italy (Rome)
1648
Bronze
Museum no. 385-1906
Given by Max Rosenheim FSA, through the National Art Collections Fund
The finished medal differs from a wax model, presumably because the client or sitter asked for certain changes
