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anonymous

Portrait Medallion of Titus Flavius Vespasianus (9-79 AD)

Northern Netherlands, c. 1745 - c. 1800

Object data

height 2.2 cm × width 1.8 cm

Inscriptions

  • Inscription, below, incised TIT·VESP.

Technical notes

Carved in relief.

Condition

Good.

Provenance

…; collection J.J. Bredius (1822-1894), Amsterdam; by whom donated to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1880; transferred to the museum, 1885

Object number: BK-NM-5034-J

Credit line: Gift of J.J. Bredius, Amsterdam

Copyright: Public domain

Literature

…; collection J.J. Bredius (1822-1894), Amsterdam; by whom donated to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1880; transferred to the museum, 1885

Citation

B. van der Mark, 2025, 'anonymous, Portrait Medallion of Titus Flavius Vespasianus (9-79 AD), Northern Netherlands, c. 1745 - c. 1800', in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20037834

(accessed 22 December 2025 20:01:25).

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