page_title: Wilhelm von Hartel
section_title: Honors
hierarchical_section_title: Wilhelm von Hartel / Honors
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Vorderseite zeigt die Büste Hartels schräg von vorne. Zu den Seiten steht sein Name in latinisierter Form. Am linken Rand ist die Signatur des Medailleurs Anton Scharff platziert. Die Rückseite zeigt zentral eine Belehrungsszene. Im Hintergrund ist ein Panorama der Stadt Wien zu sehen. Im oberen Bereich befindet sich die Widmung und das Prägejahr auf Latein. English: The front side shows a bust of Hartel. His name is given in Latinized form to the sides of said bust. The engraver Anton Scharff signed on the left near the rim. The main image of the back side depicts a teacher-student scene. A panorama of Austrain Vienna is pictured in the background. The dedication and year of coinage has been placed in the upper part of the medal equally in Latinized style.
context_page_description: Wilhelm August Ritter von Hartel was an Austrian philologist specializing in classical studies.
context_section_description: In occasion of his 30th anniversary of working at the University of Vienna friends and students dedicated a medal to Wilhelm von Hartel made by the local engraver Anton Scharff. Through Victor von Renner  we know that the scene on the revers cites paintings of the Italian Renaissance painter Melozzo da Forlì picturing the passing down of knowledge. In the background the engraver Anton Scharff placed a panorama of Vienna thus combining his work in education and for the policy of education with the city where his merits were accomplished. Toghether with this medal Hartel received a marble bust made by Georg Leisek.
caption: Medal Wilhelm von Hartel 1896 (silver, 58mm)
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