Medal Commemorating the Destruction of the Duke of Alba's Statue

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2004.190
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Medal Commemorating the Destruction of the Duke of Alba's Statue
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: 1574-1577
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Belgium, Antwerp
Culture: Netherlandish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/5521

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

3.9 cm diam. (1 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso: ITA VT LVCIFER EX SVMMO COELI HABITACVLO SPONTANEA ELATIONE DEIECTUS EST, SIC ALBANVS IN CASTRO ANT[VERPIEN]SI DIE 9A MENSIS IVNY 1574A IN TERRAM PROLAP[SUS] EST.
inscription: 1571, obverse: ICARVS VT LYMPHIS FVIT HAEC LIBAMINE MOLES FORNACI, HORRIBILEM POST CANIT ORE SONVM: ILLE QVOD AVDACI COEPIT GAVDERE VOLATV; HIC POPVLI FVSO SANGVINE LAETVS ERAT. / OMNIS QUI SE EXALTAT HVMILIABITVR. / MAT[THAEI] 23 LV[CAE] 14 ET 18 / ANNO 1571 MAY 19

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Roger Stoddard, Cambridge, MA, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Roger E. Stoddard in honor of Seymour Slive
Accession Year: 2004
Object Number: 2004.190
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Small bronze coin with dense compositions on both sides. The recto features the statue of the third Duke of Alba, flanked by the figure of Icarus to the right. Above the statue is a piece of artillery. The verso displays God casting Lucifer out of Heaven.

Verification Level

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