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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.113
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Marriage
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
16th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370558

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, gilding
Dimensions
6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around edge: Door hoop geloof in liefdt gesticht, van deucht geleydt aen trouw verplicht, in wil veront in wensch vernoecht, tot doot ons leeuens acker ploecht
  • incipit: reverse, around edge: Twee haertten die oprecht in lieffde wel vernoecht: Bestaen haer trouwen echt, den heemel t'samen voecht

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold [through Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, January 1983, lot 2556]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.113
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/23/2024 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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