Ten-Headed Monster Preying on Two Nude Bodies [reverse]

1672

Pierre Aury

Medalist, Dutch, active 1672

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On View

NGA, West Building, G-013-A

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    silver

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 7.27 cm (2 7/8 in.)
    gross weight: 113.46 gr (0.25 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1998.108.1.b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1998 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 937, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: NUNC REDEUNT.ANIMIS.INGENTIA.CONSULIS.ACTAET FORMIDATI.SCEPTRIS.ORACLA MINISTRI (Now one remembers the great deeds of the Governor and the words of the Minister feared at Court); in exergue: NOBILE PAR FRATRVM SAEVO / FVROR ORE TRVCIDAT. / XXAVGVSTI. (The noble brothers were killed in a terrible massacre on 20 August [1672]; enlarged letters in the exergue inscription read: ILVM[.?]VV[.?]VCID[.?]XX[.?]A); on sections of ribbon: MENS / AGITAT / MOLEM / ET MAGNO / SE COR / PORE / MISCET (Spirit moves the world and assumes appearance in noble bodies)

Wikidata ID

Q63862017

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