Invoering van de nieuwe psalmberijming
1774
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
12.2; 3.2
About this artwork
Schenking van mevrouw J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff
Art Historical Context
### Invoering van de nieuweberijming (1774) This delicate struck medal, measuring just 3.2 cm in diameter weighing 12.2, anonymously commemorates a pivotal moment in Dutch religious history: the "Inering van de nieuwe psalmijming," or the introduction of a new metrical psalter in 1773. Adopted by the Dutch Reformed Church centuries of debate, this reform replaced the 1566 Datheen version with a fresh rhyming translation, aiming for greater poetic flow and fidelity to the original Hebrew texts. Such events were often marked by small-scale metalworks like this, serving as wearable tokens of fai...
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...