Sonnenthal Adolf
Item
Title
Sonnenthal Adolf
Identifier
64.961
Creator
Telcs Ede
Description
Sonnenthal Adolf hetvenedik születésnapjára német nyelvű felirattal.
Sonnenthal was an Jewish actor who was born in Pest, Austro-Hungary. The presentation of this medal to him by the Jewish Museum rather than by a higher authority (in spite of Sonnenthal being accorded nobility by the emperor) was probably due to the anti-Semitism of the Viennese mayor, Karl Lueger (in 1896 the celebration of his fortieth anniversary was marred by the anti-Semitic feeling of the Vienna city council which refused to extend the freedom of the city to him).
The medallist Telcs was Jewish Hungarian, and became the official war medalist of the Austro-Hungarian empire during the First World War. This medal was one of five he presented to the Hungarian Jewish Museum, and may therefore represent one of the most important works of his according to his own judgment.
Sonnenthal was an Jewish actor who was born in Pest, Austro-Hungary. The presentation of this medal to him by the Jewish Museum rather than by a higher authority (in spite of Sonnenthal being accorded nobility by the emperor) was probably due to the anti-Semitism of the Viennese mayor, Karl Lueger (in 1896 the celebration of his fortieth anniversary was marred by the anti-Semitic feeling of the Vienna city council which refused to extend the freedom of the city to him).
The medallist Telcs was Jewish Hungarian, and became the official war medalist of the Austro-Hungarian empire during the First World War. This medal was one of five he presented to the Hungarian Jewish Museum, and may therefore represent one of the most important works of his according to his own judgment.
Publisher
A bécsi zsidó múzeum alelnöke
The vice president of the Vienna Jewish Museum
The vice president of the Vienna Jewish Museum
Date
1904
Provenance
Telcs Ede ajándéka, 1914. Eredeti leltári száma: 391
References
JMM-80 & 81, Forrer vol. 8 and Jewish Encyclopedia entry for Sonnenthal.
A Magyar-Zsidó Múzeum katalógusa. Budapest, Franklin Társulat nyomdája, 1916. B/III/b/16
A Magyar-Zsidó Múzeum katalógusa. Budapest, Franklin Társulat nyomdája, 1916. B/III/b/16
Materials
Bronz
Physical Dimensions
44 x 67.8 mm
Elhelyezés
1. éremdoboz
Exhibition history
Diaszpóra (és) Művészet (1997)
Collection
Citation
Telcs Ede , “Sonnenthal Adolf,” MILEV, accessed October 31, 2025, https://collections.milev.hu/items/show/32713.