2021.137: Action of September 18, 1639 and the Battle of the Downs
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2021.137
- People
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Johannes Looff, Dutch (died 1651)
- Title
- Action of September 18, 1639 and the Battle of the Downs
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- 1639
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/370538
Location
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: reverse: Aeternitati S. / Ob Hisp. classe navib / 67 spectatis belli ducib naucl / milit 25 oniq apparatu instructiss / illustr. Pr. Hen. Fred, ausp a Martino / Trompio / Hollandiae maris p fect 16 Sept 1639 navib tantu 17 aggressam / & feq die circ. noct.iterum oppugnata . alteroq die 11 navib aucto dissipatam / ac sub angl littor castella cedere / coacta ibiq permense obsellam / tandemq a Reg decedere iusse / 21 Octb magna virt deleta / Ordd. Fied Belg F F / G. Looff f
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Van Loon II 245.1
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
- 2021.137
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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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