Medal Commemorating of John the Fearless | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1850

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 41.8 g, 46.6 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.29327
Geography: Made in Belgium
Culture: Belgian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: JEAN SANS PEUR DUC DE BOURGgne COMTE DE FLANDRE 1371-1419 Bust, r. Jouvenel.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: 1404. IL RENDIT A LA FLANDRE SA NATIONALITE EN LUI RENDANT L'USAGE DE SA LANGUE. IL EUT TROP D'AMBITION PEUT-ETRE MAIS CETTE AMBITION N'EMPECHA POINT SES SUJETS DE VIVRE HEUREUX ET TRANQUILLES SOUS SON REGNE. LIBERTE DES COMMUNES. PROSPERITE DU COMMERCE. JEAN FUT ASSASSINE AU PONT DE MONTEREAU EN 1419.

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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medals

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