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Auction 23  30 Nov 2021
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Lot 357

Estimate: 1000 CHF
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THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. Utrecht. 1707. Medal (Silver, 56 mm, 18.06 g, 12 h), an engraved medal on the death of the Pastor David van Crombrugge, born 2 December 1655 in Delft, died in Utrecht, 13 November 1707. Dit Sijn de / Laatste Redene des / Overledene / DAVID -VAN / CROMBRUGGE / Gebooren tot Delft, 2 Decemb / A° 1655. Gestorven 13 Nov. A° / 1707 tot Utrecht, oud sijnde / 51. Jaar 11 Maanden / 11 Dagen At the center, ten lines of biographical text; around, laudatory inscription. Rev. O Hemel Heer / Siet hier bij Leef ick / Dit is het Leven Van / Mijn Geest / so Hemelwaard so Draaf / So Streef ik / Tot dat men seid hij / is Geweest At the center, eight lines of laudatory text, surrounded by another text. Bemolt 653. Extremely rare. Beautifully engraved. Toned and epigraphically attractive. Nearly extremely fine.

Ex Schulman 352, 28 January 2017, 1304 and Heritage-MPO 44, 26 November 2014, 5029.

David van Crombrugge was a notable writer on religious subjects.
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