Medal Commemorating Andre Vasale | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1850

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 42.2 g, 46.5 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.29311
Geography: Made in Belgium
Culture: Belgian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: ANDRE VESALE NE EN 1514 MORT EN 1567. Bust, l. Jouvenel.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Books at top. VESALE QUE BRUXELLES A VU NAITRE FUT LE PERE DE L'ANATOMIE. 1537 APRES AVOIR ETUDIE ET AVOIR OBTENU LES PLUS BEAUX SUCCES A MONTPELLIER, A PARIS, A LOUVAIN A PADOUE ET A VENISE, FUT CHARGE DE PROFESSEUR L'ANATOMIE ET LA CHIRURGIE A L'UNIVERSITE DE PADOUE ET CE FUT LA QU'IL COMPOSA SON MAGNIFIQUE OUVRAGE SUR L'ANATOMIE DU CORPS HUMAIN. PLUS TARD AYANT QUITTE LA COUR DE MADRID QUI LUI ETAIT DEVENUE INSUPPORTABLE, IL ALLA MOURIR A ZANTE OU LES VENTS CONTRAIRES L'AVAIENT JETE.

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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