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Medal
Jonghelinck, Jacques de, born 1530 - died 1606 - Enlarge image
Medal
- Place of origin:
Antwerp (made)
- Date:
1565 (dated)
- Artist/Maker:
Jonghelinck, Jacques de, born 1530 - died 1606 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silver
- Museum number:
6756-1860
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This silver medal is made by Jacques de Jonghelinck, in Antwerp in 1565.
It depicts on the obverse the bust of Antonius van Straelen and on the reverse a nude female figure, representing Fortune, sailing over waves standing in a floating shell whilst holding the sail.
Antonius van Straelen, Lord of Merxen and Dambrugge, Burgomaster of Antwerp (1521-1568) was one of the victims of the Council of Blood. He was accused of being in favour of preachers of the Augsburg Confession and sentenced to death by the Duke of Alba.
This is supposed to be the perhaps most successful effort attributed to Jonghelinck. The portrait is refined and delicately rendered; the figure of Fortune sailing over waves is graceful and beautifully modelled.