Medal of Appreciation

Wenzel Seidan

1860

Medal depicting two figures on either side of a set of tablets and small portrait of man in center.
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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.

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