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Departure of Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, from the Southern Netherlands, Commemorative Medal by Frederik de Marselaer, Magistrate of the Treasury of Brussels
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Departure of Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, from the Southern Netherlands, Commemorative Medal by Frederik de Marselaer, Magistrate of the Treasury of Brussels

anonymous · 1656-01 · striking (metalworking); copper (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Copper medal. Obverse: bust of a man between laurel and palm branches within an inscription. Reverse: crossed fasces with axe and Mercury's staff under an eye, above an image of the Archangel Michael with a cross in his hands, standing on a dragon lying on the ground between two winged hats within a two-line inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVertrek van Leopold Willem, aartshertog van Oostenrijk, uit de zuidelijke Nederlanden, rekenpenning van Frederik de Marselaer, magistraat van de schatkist van Brussel. 1656-01. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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