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Nomos 13

7 October 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 1650 CHF
Hammer Price:  3200 CHF
Lot 62

Netherlands, The Dutch Republic. Plaquettepenning (Silver, 62x54mm, 44.43 g 12), Memento mori for Geetrudis Teresa van Hulten, died 20 May 1663, by Wouter Muller (?), 1663. Laureate skull with winged hourglass on top; in jaws, cartouche, supported by two putti, containing De Doot is een inganck ten leven (=death is the entrance to life); above, on a long ribbon, Salich sijn de Dooden die in den Heere stervē Want sij Riisten van harē Arbeijt (=blessed are the dead who believe in the Lord for they will rest from their labor). Rev. Oval cartouche, resting on a skull at bottom and suported by a skeleton at the top, holding a torch and a scythe, and by two putti; engraved on the cartouche, Geertrudis / Teresa / van / Hulten / Obit / 20 Maÿo / 1663. Frederiks 19a. An impressive and attractive piece, nicely toned. Good very fine.


From the Stack Collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, 320.

Online bidding closes: 7 Oct 2016, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 11:51:35 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3200 CHF

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