Metadata: Silver medal of William the Silent by Conrad Bloc (1580)
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Conrad Bloc (1545-1602) | Engraver
- William the Silent (1533-1584) | Represented person
- Title:
- Silver medal of William the Silent by Conrad Bloc (1580)
- Date:
- Creation: 1580
- Period | Style | Movement:
- Northern Renaissance
- Inventory Number:
- 2004-039/006
- Collection:
- Medals
- Domain:
- Numismatics
- Designation:
- Medal
- Iconography:
- Sovereign
- Nest
- Sea
- Bird
- Christic symbol
- Classical mythology
- Hand of God
- Beach
- Head
- Material | Technique:
- Silver
- Inscription(s):
- Inscription (GVIL(mus) D(ei) G(ratia) PR(inceps) AVRAICAE CO(mes) NASSAV(iae) A(nno) 1580 / C(onradius) B(loc) F(ecit))
- Inscription (SAEVIS TRANQUILLVS IN VNDIS)
- Description:
- [Information only available in French] Description (obverse): Buste de Guillaume d'Orange Nassau, en armure, à gauche.
- [Information only available in French] Description (reverse): Un nid d'alcyons, flottant sur une mer agitée sans être endommagé. Les alcyons sont des oiseaux de mer fabuleux. Ils ne construisaient leur nid que sur une mer calme, selon la mythologie grecque.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 2004
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
- Metadata last updated on:
- 16.09.2025
