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Auction 44 25 Jun 2021
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World Medals, Belgium, The Belgian Revolution and the Performance of La Muette de Portici, copper medal, 1830, by V. M. Borrel, MUETTE DE PORTICI – BRUXELLES XXV AOUT MDCCCXXX, façade of the Théâtre de la Monnaie, rev. COURAGE ET FORCE – REVOLUTION BELGE 1830, Belgian lion l., with flag and Liberty cap, 48.5mm. (Johan van Heesch, Revolution in Belgium. Coins and medals and signs of the Belgian Revolution (1830), Brussels 2005, p. 36), virtually mint state and very rare
*ex Baldwin's vault.
Daniel Auber's opera is loosely based on Masaniello's uprising in Naples in 1647; on 25 August 1830, as the second-act duet Amour sacré de la patrie finished, it triggered a riot. Whether spontaneous or pre-planned, it marked the onset of the Belgian Revolution ending Dutch rule. La Muette soon became legendary as the opera that created a country.
*ex Baldwin's vault.
Daniel Auber's opera is loosely based on Masaniello's uprising in Naples in 1647; on 25 August 1830, as the second-act duet Amour sacré de la patrie finished, it triggered a riot. Whether spontaneous or pre-planned, it marked the onset of the Belgian Revolution ending Dutch rule. La Muette soon became legendary as the opera that created a country.