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Sheet with the obverse and reverse of two medals struck in honor of Laurens Jansz. Coster
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Front and back of two medals. Above: The personification of Haarlem sits on a throne and offers on an altar. In the foreground putti playing with yarn and tulips. In the background a city view of Haarlem. Below: Landscape with Coster kneeling before Minerva, as personification of wisdom, who descends from heaven on a cloud. Left putti at a printing press (N.3). Left: Portrait bust of Laurens Jansz. Coster, with a printing letter in his hand. Right: An eight-line inscription in Dutch (N.4). Top left marked: Pag. 109.
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Credit lineBlad met de voor- en achterzijde van twee penningen vervaardigd ter ere van Laurens Jansz. Coster. 1740. Jan Wandelaar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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