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Medals with the portrait of Laurens Janszoon Coster
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Medals with the portrait of Laurens Janszoon Coster

Jan Wandelaar · 1740 · etching; paper

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

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Two medals, one with the portrait of Laurens Janszoon Coster on one side and a text about the printing press on the other. On the other medal, one side shows the personification of the city of Haarlem and the other side shows Coster kneeling at the feet of Minerva.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printLaurens Janszoon Costerhistorical personsprinting press
Credit lineMedailles met het portret van Laurens Janszoon Coster. 1740. Jan Wandelaar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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