Destruction of the statue for the Duke of Alva erected in the citadel of Antwerp, Silver Medal. Obverse: statue of the Duke of Alva with two-headed monster with four arms at his feet, above it a cannon and a burning oven, on the left Ikarus, whose wings melt through the sun's rays between inscriptions within a two-line inscription. Reverse: Lucifer falling from heaven, above him God with palm branch in clouds between inscriptions within two-line inscription., Citadel of Antwerp (16th century), Antwerp, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, Jacques Jonghelinck, anonymous, 19-May-1574 - 9-Jun-1574, silver (metal), gilding (material), gilding, d 3.9 cm × w 16.57 gr
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Destruction, statue, Duke, Alva erected, citadel, Antwerp, black-and-white Medal, Obverse, Alva, two-headed monster, four arms, feet, cannon, burning oven, left Ikarus, wings melt, sun's rays, inscriptions within, two-line inscription, Reverse, Lucifer falling, heaven, God, palm branch, clouds, inscriptions within two-line inscription, Citadel, 16th century, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Jacques Jonghelinck, 9-Jun-1574, black-and-white, metal, gilding, material
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