De Muelenaere en Villain XIIII uit de Staten-Generaal geweerd, penning uit Belgisch geld bekostigd
1829
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
34.73; 4
About this artwork
Schenking van mevrouw J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff
Art Historical Context
This intriguing anonymous medallion, struck in 1829, bears the provocative Dutch title *De Muelenaere en Villain XIIII uit Staten-Generaal gewe, penning uit Belg geld bekostigd*, to "Muelenaere and Vill excluded from the 14th States-General, funded by Belgian money." Measuring just 4 cm in diameter and weighing 34.73 grams, it exemplifies 19th-century metalworking techniques, where intricate designs were hammered or pressed into metal to create durable, portable emblems of political dissent. Crafted amid rising tensions in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the piece commemorates the excl...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...