Past Exhibition

Cornelius de Witt and Johann de Witt

Silver jugate portrait medal of the brothers Johann and Cornelius de Witt
Silver medal depicting a frame enclosing the mutilated corpses of the de Witt brothers tied to a “strappado.” The frame is flanked by two putti holding inverted torches (symbols of death); beneath the frame, a skull , crossbones and palm branches, and an hourglass with wings at the top and a bird to the left; to the right, a bat, signifying respectively life/day, death/night

Unknown artist
Cornelius de Witt (1623–1672) and Johann de Witt (1625–1672), dated 1672
Silver, cast
Diam.: 2 in. (5.09 cm)
The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016

Cat. 90