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Funeral medal of Nicolaas de Meester 1717
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Cast oval silver medal, obverse: a deceased person to the left on a bier, beneath an oval inscription space between two skeletons, at the top two trumpeting angels with a ribbon with inscription, all on a stippled field, reverse: a standing skeleton with two scythes and two torches holding up an inscribed cloth, beneath which another oval inscription space.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBegrafenispenning van Nicolaas de Meester 1717. 1717. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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