Rijssel door de bondgenoten ingenomen
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
4.5; 39.32
About this artwork
Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: Victoria staat op wapenschild van Rijssel, in gedaante van ter aarde liggende vrouw, en ontneemt haar haar kroon binnen omschrift; afsnede: opschrift. Keerzijde: Minerva zittend temidden van krijgstuig verschrikt ter aarde liggende Franse soldaat met Medusa-schild binnen omschrift; afsnede: opschrift; randschrift
Art Historical Context
### Commemorative Medal: *Rijssel door de bondgenoten ingen* Crafted in 1708 by German medalist Philipp Heinrich Müller, this silver medal (4.5 cm diameter, 39.32 grams) a pivotal military triumph during the War of the Spanish Succession Titled *Rijssel door de bondgenoten ingenomen*—Dutch for "Lille taken by the allies"—it honors the Allied forces' capture of the fortified French city of Lille (Rijssel in Dutch) from Louis XIV's army. Struck medals like this were popular in the Baroque era as portable propaganda, blending fine metalworking with allegorical symbolism to immortalize events for...