Ten-Headed Monster Preying on Two Nude Bodies [reverse], 1672

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13-A

Medium

silver

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1998.108.1.b

Artists / Makers

Pierre Aury (medalist) Dutch, active 1672

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: NUNC REDEUNT.ANIMIS.INGENTIA.CONSULIS.ACTA*ET 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)

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

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.