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1966.131.64.a

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Anton Strale, (died 1568), Duke of Merxem and Dambrugge

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Artist

Jacques Jonghelinck (Antwerp, 10/21/1530 - 5/31/1606)

Title

Anton Strale, (died 1568), Duke of Merxem and Dambrugge

Creation Date

1565

Century

mid-16th century

Dimensions

2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Flanders, Flanders

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.64.a

Object Description

321 ANTON STRALE, Duke of Merxem and Dambrugge

Obv. Bust to right. Around, . ANTONII . A . STRALE . DVS : DE . MERXEM . ET . DAMBRVGGE .
Rev. Nude female figure (Fortune or Venus) atop a globe in a conch shell on ocean, holding a sail. Around, . VIRTVTE . ET . CONSTANCIA
Bronze, 55 mm. Aftercast, heavily tooled

Strale was governor of Antwerp, 1567, and was executed 1568. Armand reads on the obverse AET . XLIIII . 1565, after van Loon.

Bibl.: Arm. 2, p. 241, 29; Van Loon i, p. 95; Hill-Med. Ren., p. 130, pl. 23, 5; Forrer 3, p. 84.