Vrede van Rijswijk, ter ere van Willem III

Nicolas Chevalier, 1697

Commemorative medal marking the Treaty of Rijswijk of 1697. On 20 September 1697 a treaty signed in Rijswijk brought an end to a war that had been fought since 1688 between France and a European coalition headed by Stadholder-King William III.

  • Artwork typehistory medal
  • Object numberNG-VG-1-1754
  • Dimensionsdiameter 7 cm x weight 119.95 g

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Vrede van Rijswijk, ter ere van Willem III

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-VG-1-1754

  • Description

    Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: Willem III zittend in zegekar met olijftak in handen en door Overwinning gekroond rijdt in triomf door aantal erepoorten. Keerzijde: opschrift binnen krans van olijftakken.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription: ‘LIBERAVIT
      GENTEM SUAM:
      ACQUISIVIT SIBI
      REGNA:
      SERVAVIT SOCIOS:
      INJECIT FRENA
      LICENTIÆ:
      ORBI RESTITUIT
      PACEM.
      M.DC.XCVII’
    • circumscription: ‘REX DONARI QUANQUAM VETAT ACTA TRIUMPHIS * LIBERA FAMA TAMEN SOLA HAC IN PARIE REPUGNAT *’
    • inscription: ‘ACCLAMANTIBUS
      POPULIS
      UNIVERSIS’

Creation

  • Creation

    medalist: Nicolas Chevalier, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    1697

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    diameter 7 cm x weight 119.95 g


This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1697-10-30


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff

  • Acquisition

    gift 1885

  • Copyright


Documentation

  • Pieter Klapwijk en Fransje Kuyvenhoven, 'Historiepenningen ter gelegenheid van de Vrede van Rijswijk (1697)', Antiek (1989) mei, p. 545-550.


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