Death of Elisabeth van Dam

Rijksmuseum

Death of Elisabeth van Dam

Wouter Muller

Date
1660 - 1672
Medium
silver (metal)
Culture
Amsterdam
Institution
Rijksmuseum

In the past, important events were graced with a medal, especially in well-to-do families. The occasion for this was usually a birth, wedding, or death. These medals not only remained in the family as a memento, but were also given to the guests at the baptism, wedding party, or funeral. Sometimes they were purely private in character, such as the gold medal a grandfather gave to his grandson.

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Creator

Wouter Muller

Dutch medallist · 1650–1690

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