Ten-Headed Monster Preying on Two Nude Bodies [reverse]

Creator Name

Pierre Aury

Cultural Context

Date

1672, 1651 to 1700

Source

National Gallery of Art

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Title

Ten-Headed Monster Preying on Two Nude Bodies [reverse]

Creator

Pierre Aury, Dutch, active 1672, medalist

Worktype

Sculpture; Medal/Medallion

Cultural Context

Material

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 7.27 cm (2 7/8 in.) gross weight: 113.46 gr (0.25 lb.) axis: 12:00

Technique

struck

Language

Date

1672, 1651 to 1700

Provenance

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin; Donor: Lisa Baskin; Source: Lisa Baskin

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

around circumference: NUNC REDEUNT.ANIMIS.INGENTIA.CONSULIS.ACTA*ET FORMIDATI.SCEPTRIS.ORACLA MINISTRI* (Now one remembers the great deeds of the Governor and the words of the Minister feared at Court); in exergue: NOBILE PAR FRATRVM SAEVO / FVROR ORE TRVCIDAT. / XXAVGVSTI. (The noble brothers were killed in a terrible massacre on 20 August [1672]; enlarged letters in the exergue inscription read: ILVM[.?]VV[.?]VCID[.?]XX[.?]A); on sections of ribbon: MENS / AGITAT / MOLEM / ET MAGNO / SE COR / PORE / MISCET (Spirit moves the world and assumes appearance in noble bodies)

Location

Dutch

Source

National Gallery of Art

Subjects

Ten-Headed monster; Nude; figure; fantasy; animal

Topic

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