Uwagi ikonograficzne na temat medalu upamiętniającego zwycięstwo wiedeńskie autorstwa Hansa Jacoba Wolraba z 1683 roku
Iconographic remarks on Hans Jacob Wolrab’s medal commemorating Vienna victory of 1683

Summary/Abstract: The author described four examples of works of art (medallions, graphics and paintings) related to the medal from 1683. The iconographic analysis of the title numismat in comparison with selected examples of works of art authorizes us to state that the imperial dispatcher immediately after September 12, 1683, in a similar manner, commemorated the war struggle at Vienna. Both on the reverse of the medal, by Wolrab of 1683 and on the copperplate drawn by an unknown from the second half of the seventeenth century and the painting Geffels painted after September 12, 1683, the same elements of the battle landscape as the Turkish tents and Vienna’s fortifications seen from a distance are an integral part. On the basis of the above analogies, however, it is impossible to determine which of the mentioned examples of works of art was created first and constituted an inspiration for the next ones. On the other hand, the form of glorification of the participating Christian rulers (with the exception of Leopold I Habsburg) in the war struggle near Vienna was later borrowed by Ermenegildo Hamerani. Undoubtedly, this proves that the Wolrab concept was very successful.

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