Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Five Medals with the Tetragrammaton – Holland, 16th-17th Centuries
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Five medals with the tetragrammaton. Holland, 1574-1602.
1. Medal from 1574. Obverse: a triangle with Holland's coat of arms below it, and the legend "Lapis Reiectus Caput Anguli". Reverse: the tetragrammaton surrounded by a legend.
2. Medal from 1592, commemorating the liberation of the towns Steenwijk, Ootmarsum and Coevorden by the Dutch army. Obverse: a hand holding a scepter, emerging out of a cloud with the tetragrammaton in it, above town houses. On the margins appears the legend "Zelus Domini Exercituum Fecit Hoc". Reverse: legend in Latin.
3. Medal from 1598. Obverse: three men (representing Spain, Germany and the Catholic inhabitants of Holland), pointing spears and lances towards the sky, surrounded by the legend "Coelum Stolidus qui Territat Armis". Reverse: the three men lying on the ground while fire and lightning are pouring out of a cloud with the tetragrammaton.
4. Medal from 1599. Obverse: the army of Cardinal Andreas von Österreich by the Rhine River. Above them appears the tetragrammaton within a cloud and on the margin appears the legend "Frustra Conatur Inpius". Reverse: the Cardinal with his consultants, surrounded by a legend.
5. Medal from 1602, most probably commemorating the occupation of Grave in Holland. Obverse: the tetragrammaton within flames. Reverse: legend in Latin.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1. Medal from 1574. Obverse: a triangle with Holland's coat of arms below it, and the legend "Lapis Reiectus Caput Anguli". Reverse: the tetragrammaton surrounded by a legend.
2. Medal from 1592, commemorating the liberation of the towns Steenwijk, Ootmarsum and Coevorden by the Dutch army. Obverse: a hand holding a scepter, emerging out of a cloud with the tetragrammaton in it, above town houses. On the margins appears the legend "Zelus Domini Exercituum Fecit Hoc". Reverse: legend in Latin.
3. Medal from 1598. Obverse: three men (representing Spain, Germany and the Catholic inhabitants of Holland), pointing spears and lances towards the sky, surrounded by the legend "Coelum Stolidus qui Territat Armis". Reverse: the three men lying on the ground while fire and lightning are pouring out of a cloud with the tetragrammaton.
4. Medal from 1599. Obverse: the army of Cardinal Andreas von Österreich by the Rhine River. Above them appears the tetragrammaton within a cloud and on the margin appears the legend "Frustra Conatur Inpius". Reverse: the Cardinal with his consultants, surrounded by a legend.
5. Medal from 1602, most probably commemorating the occupation of Grave in Holland. Obverse: the tetragrammaton within flames. Reverse: legend in Latin.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
The Morton Leventhal Collection
The Morton Leventhal Collection