HAGENAUER, Friedrich
(b. ca. 1495, Strasbourg, d. after 1546)

Medal of Michael Mercator of Venloo

1539
Bronze
British Museum, London

Michael Mercator of Venloo (c. 1491-1544)) was a Netherlandish medallist. who came to England in 1527, where he gained the good grace of Henry VIII who knighted him in 1539.




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