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Two medals with the Peace of Münster
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669), 1648
Both parties celebrate the peace. The Spanish delegation immediately has a commemorative medal struck in Münster. It shows the Spanish lion with a sceptre in his claws and the Dutch lion holding a bundle of arrows jointly pulling a chariot of victory over weapons strewn on the ground. In Amsterdam the City Council joyfully issues a medal bearing the Latin text, ‘One peace is worth more than countless victories.’
- Artwork typemedal
- Object numberBK-1954-3
- Dimensionsdiameter 7.6 cm x thickness 0.4 cm x weight 149 g