Médaille - André Vésale ND
| Bronze | 52.4 g | 46.9 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| King | Leopold I (1831-1865) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Years | 1848-1850 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 52.4 g |
| Diameter | 46.9 mm |
| Thickness | 6.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#312862 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
In the upper field, a shelf covered with open and closed books.
The rest of the field is covered in text.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VÉSALE QUE BRUXELLES A VU NAÎTRE
FUT LE PÈRE DE L’ANATOMIE.
1537, APRÈS AVOIR ÉTUDIÉ ET AVOIR
OBTENU LES PLUS BEAUX SUCCÈS À
MONTPELLIER, À PARIS, À LOUVAIN, À
PADOUE ET À VENISE, IL FUT CHARGÉ DE
PROFESSER L’ANATOMIE ET LA CHIRURGIE
À L’UNIVERSITÉ DE PADOUE, ET CE FUT LÀ
QU’IL COMPOSA SON MAGNIFIQUE
OUVRAGE SUR L’ANATOMIE DU CORPS
HUMAIN. PLUS TARD AYANT QUITTÉ
LA COUR DE MADRID QUI LUI
ÉTAIT DEVENUE INSUPPORTABLE,
IL ALLA MOURIR À ZANTE
OÙ LES VENTS CONTRAIRES
L’AVAIENT JETÉ.
Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel
Edge
Plain
Comment
André Vésale, whose real name was André Wytinck de Wesel, was born in Brussels on December 31, 1514 and died in Zakynthos (Zante) on October 15, 1564. He was a Brabant anatomist and physician, considered by many science historians to be the greatest anatomist of the Renaissance.From 1848 to 1850, Adolphe-Christian Jouvenel engraved and published in Brussels a collection of 25 bronze medals in ± 46 mm modules, representing portraits of "Belgium's great men". Each was sold at the time for 4 Belgian francs.
34 mm bronze or brass tokens reproducing some of these medals were also engraved, to make the publication accessible to all, according to the prospectus of the time, with a more democratic selling price of 50 centimes.
