Vrede van Breda
1667
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
89.6; 8.8
About this artwork
diameter 8,8 cm x gewicht 89,6 gr
Art Historical Context
Step into the turbulent world of 17th Europe with this striking silver medal, *Vrede van Breda* (Peace of Breda crafted anonymously in 1667. 8.8 cm in diameter weighing a substantial 89.6 grams, it commemorates the pivotal Treaty ofa, signed on July31 that year. This agreement ended the Second Anglo-D War (1665–1667), a fierce naval conflict between the Dutch Republic, England, France, and Denmark-Nor. The treaty reshaped colonial maps—England gained New York (formerly New Netherland), while the Dutch secured key trade rights—heralding a fragile peace amid the Dutch Golden Age's commercial riv...
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...