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Deaths of Maria Henrica and Johannes Petrus van Brienen

Silver medal depicting two flying genii, nude, pointing toward the clouds from which rays of sunlight stream. They support a banner; below, a woman crowned with laurels and wrapped in a shroud, her eyes closed and head supported by a roll of cloth, reclines upon a sarcophagus, fronted by a cartouche flanked by genii

After Wouter Muller (1604–1673)
Deaths of Maria Henrica (1731–1734) and Johannes Petrus van Brienen (1734–1734), dated 1734
Silver, cast
2 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (7.33 × 6.64 cm)
Scher Collection

Cat. 83