Esseö, Elisabeth (Erzsébet) von 1918
TRIUMPHUS ∙ MORTIS ∙ IN ∙ BELLO ∙ MCMXIV ∙ XVIII (Triumph of Death in War 1914 - 18). Cast bronze, 68mm, 96.22 g. Vorzüglich (extremely fine).
Obverse: Death portrayed as skeleton wearing iron crown, carrying scythe on gaunt horse riding to right over landscape of skulls and writhing snakes; artist's monogram, encircled, ligatured ƎE upper left.
Reverse: crowned skull, full face, on iron-crowned shield on laurel wreath encircled by title legend.
Cf: Schulman. 1919. La Guerre Européenne, Catalogue LXXV, p. 96, 887; pl. XIX.
Cf: Huszár, Lajos, and Béla Procopius. 1932. Medaillen- und Plakettenkunst in Ungarn, p. 199: 1923.Design of obverse closely based on Albrecht Dürer's drawing in British Museum, inventory no. 1895-9-15-971.
