MANTEL, Wera ( ) German-American sculptor, medalist.
Born Berlin, Germany. Came to America 1930s.
Commissioned by collector Samuel Friedenberg to create
Jewish portraits.
C A S T R E L I E F S
1940 Adler (Cyrus) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Davidson (Israel) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Dropsie (Moses Aaron) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . FB 434
1941 Friedland (Abraham) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Gimbel (Jacob) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Gottheil (Richard) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Gratz (Rebecca) Oval Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . FB 96
1941 Harkavy (Alexander) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Husik (Isaac) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Lazarus (Emma) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . FB 433
1941 Margolis (Max Leopold) Medallion . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Marshall (Louis) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . FB 425
1941 Mendes (Henry Pereira) Plaquette . . . . . . . . FB 693
1941 Rosendale (Simon Wolfe) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . .
1941 Schechter (Solomon) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . FB 424
Illustrated: E11 {1976} Friedenberg, Jewish Minters p109
1941 Solis-Cohen (Jacob da Silva) Plaquette . . . . . FB 566
1941 Stern (Horace) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . FB 506
1941 Weyl (Julius Stern) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Adler (Cyrus) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . FB 616
Illustrated: E11 {1976} Friedenberg, Jewish Minters p110
1942 Ashkenazi (Zvi Hirsch ben Jacob) Plaquette . . . . .
1942 Auerbach (Berthold) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Ayllon (Solomon be Jacob) Plaquette. . . . . . . . .
1942 Cardozo (Benjamin) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Gimbel (Adam) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Kohler (Kaufmann) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . FB 600
1942 Ochs (Adolph Simon) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . FB 762
1942 Sulzberger (Mayer) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . FB 599
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
M18 {1963} Friedenberg FB 96, p 58, 424 49, 425 77, 433 112, 434 81, 506 78, 566
101, 599 78, 600 42, 616 31, 693 46, 762 86.
E11 {1976} Friedenberg, p 102, 109, 111.
M52 {2001} Rezak (Ira) The Samuel Friedenberg Project: A Privately Commissioned
Medallic Jewish Hall of Fame c1940. Médailles (2001).
Born Berlin, Germany. Came to America 1930s.
Commissioned by collector Samuel Friedenberg to create
Jewish portraits.
C A S T R E L I E F S
1940 Adler (Cyrus) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Davidson (Israel) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Dropsie (Moses Aaron) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . FB 434
1941 Friedland (Abraham) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Gimbel (Jacob) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Gottheil (Richard) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Gratz (Rebecca) Oval Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . FB 96
1941 Harkavy (Alexander) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Husik (Isaac) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Lazarus (Emma) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . FB 433
1941 Margolis (Max Leopold) Medallion . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Marshall (Louis) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . FB 425
1941 Mendes (Henry Pereira) Plaquette . . . . . . . . FB 693
1941 Rosendale (Simon Wolfe) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . .
1941 Schechter (Solomon) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . FB 424
Illustrated: E11 {1976} Friedenberg, Jewish Minters p109
1941 Solis-Cohen (Jacob da Silva) Plaquette . . . . . FB 566
1941 Stern (Horace) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . FB 506
1941 Weyl (Julius Stern) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Adler (Cyrus) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . FB 616
Illustrated: E11 {1976} Friedenberg, Jewish Minters p110
1942 Ashkenazi (Zvi Hirsch ben Jacob) Plaquette . . . . .
1942 Auerbach (Berthold) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Ayllon (Solomon be Jacob) Plaquette. . . . . . . . .
1942 Cardozo (Benjamin) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Gimbel (Adam) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Kohler (Kaufmann) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . FB 600
1942 Ochs (Adolph Simon) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . FB 762
1942 Sulzberger (Mayer) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . FB 599
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
M18 {1963} Friedenberg FB 96, p 58, 424 49, 425 77, 433 112, 434 81, 506 78, 566
101, 599 78, 600 42, 616 31, 693 46, 762 86.
E11 {1976} Friedenberg, p 102, 109, 111.
M52 {2001} Rezak (Ira) The Samuel Friedenberg Project: A Privately Commissioned
Medallic Jewish Hall of Fame c1940. Médailles (2001).