Médaille - Roland de Lassus ND
| Bronze | 42.1 g | 46.8 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| King | Leopold I (1831-1865) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Years | 1848-1850 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 42.1 g |
| Diameter | 46.8 mm |
| Thickness | 5.3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#318398 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
A text, covering the entire field, summarizes his life.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PRINCE DES
COMPOSITEURS DE SON TEMPS.
IL FUT LE CHEF DE L’ÉCOLE
ALLEMANDE. 1541 IL EST MAITRE
DE CHAPELLE DE ST JEAN DE LATRAN.
1543 IL REVIENT AUX PAYS-BAS,
VOYAGE EN FRANCE ET EN ANGLETERRE
ET SE FIXE A ANVERS PENDANT DEUX
ANS. 1557 LE DUC DE BAVIÈRE
L’APPELLE A SA COUR EN QUALITÉ
DE MAITRE DE CHAPELLE. 1570
L’EMPEREUR MAXIMILIEN L’ANOBLIT.
1571 À PARIS, CHARLES IX LE COMBLE
DE PRÉSENTS. 1574 GRÉGOIRE XIII LE
GRÉ CHEVALIER DE L’ÉPERON D’OR.
LA MORT DE CHARLES IX LE FAIT
RETOURNER À MUNICH. 1595
IL Y MEURT.
Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel
Edge
Plain
Comment
More precisely, Roland de Lassus (or Roland Delattre) was born in Mons in 1532 and died in Munich on June 14, 1594. He was one of the most prolific, versatile and universal composers of the Franco-Flemish school of the late Renaissance.From 1848 to 1850, Adolphe-Christian Jouvenel engraved and published in Brussels a collection of 25 bronze medals in ±47 mm modules, depicting portraits of "The great men of Belgium". At the time, each medal was sold 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.
