Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›John Calvin (Sebastian Dadler, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.569.194)Sacred Art & IconographyJohn Calvin (Sebastian Dadler, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.569.194)Silver medal, Sebastian Dadler, 1641, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2023.569.194Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "John Calvin (Sebastian Dadler, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.569.194)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/john-calvin-dadler-medal-met-2023-569-194.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). John Calvin (Sebastian Dadler, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.569.194). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/john-calvin-dadler-medal-met-2023-569-194Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-john-calvin-sebastian-dadler-metropolita, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {John Calvin (Sebastian Dadler, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.569.194)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/john-calvin-dadler-medal-met-2023-569-194}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA silver commemorative medal bearing the likeness of John Calvin, struck by the German medallist Sebastian Dadler in 1641, seventy seven years after Calvin's death. The medal belongs to the class of posthumous portrait medals produced across Protestant Europe to circulate the images of Reformers who left no tomb or monument of their own. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 2023.569.194, given through The Mark and Lottie Salton Trust in 2021.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOriginsAttributed ToWell-attestedSebastian Dadler, a German medallist. 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionCalvinism (Reformed), Denominations Well-attested Source John Calvin (1509 to 1564), accession 2023.569.194 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsJohn Calvin, Figures Well-attested The medal's directly named subject per the museum's own title, naming Calvin with his birth and death years, part of the posthumous medal tradition the corroborating Wikipedia record independently describes as arising from his own request for an unmarked grave.Source John Calvin (1509 to 1564), accession 2023.569.194 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Additional Source John Calvin (Wikipedia)tier 3Sources1. John Calvin (1509 to 1564), accession 2023.569.194 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtView the SourceJohn Calvin (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaDepicts: John CalvinQuote, Depicts: John CalvinCalvin asked to be buried in an unmarked grave, so that no cult of personality would grow around a tomb; his likeness survives instead chiefly through portraits and medals made after his lifetime.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year