GOETZ: Mozart

cacheman

K-323, WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, Portrait Medal,1925,70mm, Cast AE, Rare in this size.

Commemorative medal to mark the third May Festival at Wartburg, 1925.

This beautiful portrait medal of Wolfgang Mozart is from Goetz' Musical Series. Although rarely acknowledged as such, Goetz was one of the most talented portraitists of his generation. The reverse is a snapshot of the medieval village below the Wartburg castle decked out for the Festival with four putto playing musical instruments. Although Goetz was rightly very proud of his series of Great German musicians they didn't sell in profitable numbers. The editions for both the cast and struck versions of these medals is very small and today are among the scarcer, particularly the large bronze, of his 'speculative' pieces.

wybrit

Very nice, cache!

cosmicdebris

Another great Opus for the collection.

Philip

<< <i>Commemorative medal to mark the third May Festival at Wartburg, 1925. >>



There are so many people in Eastern Europe that forget that Wartburg is actually a castle and not only a lousy socialist vehicle (calling it a car would stretch the truth beyond recognition )

Philip

P.S. Cacheman, sorry for hijacking your thread

SYRACUSIAN

I remember these cars. You could smell Castrol (or other, cheaper) oil miles away !

Philip

<< <i>I remember these cars. You could smell Castrol (or other, cheaper) oil miles away ! >>



Yes, the engine requires that you put oil in the fuel

theboz11

KEEWEE

So what you are saying is, is that the eastern European cars were sort of like our Lawnboy push mowers. Is that correct?

BTW, cool medal.

KEEWEE

cacheman

This format is quite a bit more visually appealing in comparison to the smaller stuck 36mm, and 60mm silver and gold pieces. As you could imagine, the reverse would appear quite "busy" in these smaller formats.

JohnZ

That's indeed a beautiful medal.

Incidentally, Mozart died at the age of 35 in complete ignominy, and was buried penniless in a pauper's grave. I wonder what he would have thought about his incredible fame-to-come if he had lived only ten more years.

cacheman

Amadeus is my favorite movie of all time....

elverno

Nice cache-of-the-week Scott... One of my favorite composers and an engraver who is rapidly rising on my list!

1jester

First of all, I'd like to say that I love the beautiful rendition of the inner courtyard of Wartburg castle. Goetz is pretty good!

And Philip, thanks for posting that picture of a truly luxury automobile... Notice the huge gaps between the body panels?? It's about one inch at least. I believe that when Volkswagen bought the company after the wall came down, they did install at least a good engine before killing the model and name entirely. I suppose they're in no hurry to resurrect such an infamous brand! On the other hand, they have kept the Skoda name alive, and those cars now enjoy a decent reputation for quality.

asnooker

Hi Cache,
Happy to see you're still adding to that beautiful collection of yours! Things are on the upswing for me. I was able to re-establish medical insurance. Now it's full speed ahead. You keep showing us those beauties of yours and I'll keep coming back with an update, when I can. Miss you all !

wybrit

Thanks for the update Pam. Good to hear things are moving upward!

cosmicdebris

Welcome back Pam

Askari

Definitely a lot nicer than many of the contemporary and modern Mozart medals one commonly sees! Nice catch, Cache!!


Nice to see you too, Pam!!!! (Y'all will notice that she only appears on the most fashionable threads.)