Senasis Europos medalių menas nacionalinio M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejaus Aleksandro Mykolo Račkaus kolekcijoje
LTŠis straipsnis skirtas pristatyti senuosius Europos medalius, Renesanso ir Baroko meno kūrinius, kuriuos A. M. Račkus surinko Europos ir JAV aukcionuose po Pirmojo pasaulinio karo. A. M. Račkus rinko, norėdamas savo kolekcija parodyti viso pasaulio numizmatikos istoriją, rinko ne vien su Lietuvos ir Lenkijos istorija susijusius medalius, bet ir tuo metu rinkoje buvusius Renesanso ir Baroko dailininkų sukurtus medalius. Pačių brangiausių medalių jis neįpirko. Tenkinosi jam finansiškai prieinamais medaliais – ne idealios kokybės, ne brangiausiai pardavinėjamais, tačiau jam pavyko nupirkti ir kelis rečiausius pirmuosius Lenkijos ir Lietuvos valdovų Žygimanto Senojo ir Žygimanto Augusto medalius [p. 83].
ENIn 1935, Aleksandras Mykolas Račkus brought gift to Lithuania with many cultural heritage items, most of which is deposited in the collections of the National Art Museum of M. K. Čiurlionis. This article intends to present the most prominent medals of the Renaissance and Baroque Medalic Art, collected by A. M. Račkus from the auction houses of Europe and the USA after World War I. Alongside with the gift Kaunas received a unique Polish King Sigismund the Old medal, described in the sixteenth century medal catalogue by Johann Jacob Luck. It is considered to be the first Polish medal with Polish language inscription. This medal with a record dedicated to the victory in the battle of Orsha in 1514, was known only by the nineteenth century copies made from the sixteenth century drawing. A. M. Račkus bought as a gold copy of Sigismund the Old 1527 anniversary bronze medal created by a well-known artist Hans Schwarz. After research it looks like it was acquisition of the unique quality original, because the author’s sign – tiny leaflet is impressed on the edge. A. M. Račkus gift to the museum included the world famous Sigismund Augustus medals made by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio and Dominicus Venetus, the famous sixteenth century European medals created by Hans Reinhart the Elder, Etienne de Laune, Guillaume Martin, as well as few seventeenth century Italian Baroque master Francesco Selvi medals from the Medici collection.
