Medal of R. Dodoens de Malines Artist: Adolphe Christian Jouvenel (Belgian, 1798–1867)

ca. 1850

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

41.62 g, 12:00, 46.5 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897

Accession Number

2001.87.27477

Geography

Made in Belgium

Culture

Belgian

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: R. DODOENS DE MALINES 1518-1585. male bust r. with short hair, long beard, ruffle collar, hair shirt

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: LA BELGIQUE / OU L'ON AIME TANT LES FLEURS / S'HONORE D'AVOIR VU NATIRE / DODONABUS QUI FIT FAIRE A LA / BOTANIQUE SE PREMIERS PROGRES. / 554, IL PUBLIE SON HERBIER A ANVERS. / 1568. IL REFUSE LA PLACE DE MEDECIN / DE LA COUR A MADRID. 1574, IL ACCEPTE / CELLE DE MEDECIN DE MAXIMILIEN II / ET SE REND A VIENNE. 1530, IL / REVIENT DANS SA PATRIE ALORS / DESOLEE PAR LA GUERRE ET / BIENTOT IL LA PROFESSER / LA MEDECINE A LEYDE / OU IL MEURT EN / 1585. l. standing history book atop book standing with spine up, potted flowers center, r. open history book atop two other books.
Provenance
Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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