Nuremberg Cast in Germanic Museum

The Germanic Museum has received as a gift from the city government of Nuremberg, Germany, a cast of the relief of the town weigher from the facade of the Wool Merchants' Guild Hall of that city. The cast, which is about six feet in height by eight feet wide, will be mounted on the west wall of the museum.

The relief, belonging to the year 1497, is of historical as well as artistic interest. The town-weigher stands in the midst; on his left is the merchant whose wool is being weighed, and on his right an attendant is adding weights to the scales. The whole composition is an admirable scene from German mediaeval life.