Creator Bio
Wenzel Seidan
Wenzel Seidan, a Czech medalist and engraver, studied at the fine art academies of Prague and Vienna, ultimately settling in the Austrian capital after also working in Italy and France.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Medal of Appreciation
In 1860, the Austrian Jewish community commissioned a medal of appreciation for Franz Joseph to commemorate the emperor’s granting to Jews the right to own property within the Austrian Empire. On the…