NETHERLANDS & LOW COUNTRIES
179 Orlando di Lasso
(1532 [possibly 1530]-1594), Franco-Flemish composer, a good group of Medals (8), in Silver
(2), by Paul Fisch and Lauer (Ni 1045, 1047); and Copper (6), by Paul Fisch, Jouvenel, Lauer, Simon, Veyrat
and Leopold Wiener, 30-59mm (1045, 1046, 1047, 1049, 1050, 1052), extremely fine or nearly so; together with
Arnoldo di Ponte
(1480-1554), Choirmaster to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, an electrotype copy of
a silver medal by Bruck [or Brugg], bust right in cap, 38mm, much as made. (9)
£80-120
Orlando di Lasso - also known as Orlande de Lassus, Orlandus Lassus, Roland de Lassus, or Roland Delattre
180 Orlando di Lasso
(1532 [possibly 1530]-1594), Silver Coin, by C Voigt:- Bavaria, Maximilian II (1848-1864),
Commemorative Double-Thaler, 1849, king’s head right, rev statue of di Lasso, edge reads
VEREINSMUNZE
VII EIN F MARK
, 41mm (Ni 1051; KM455.1). Nearly extremely fine.
£200-250
see also lot 80
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181 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
(1562-1621), composer and organist, oval Bronze Plaquette, by J van Goor, bust
three-quarters right, 130mm x 113mm (Ni 1996); together with a miniature, 26mm x 22mm. Extremely fine,
though small stain below bust on larger
. (2)
£30-50
182 Richard Hol
(1825-1904), composer, conductor, organist and teacher, Bronze Plaquette, probably a memorial,
c.1904, unsigned, bearded bust left, name in exergue, 108mm x 73mm (Ni 926); other Bronze Plaquettes, Dr
Johan Wagenaar
(1862-1941), composer and organist, signed GV in monogram, bust right, 110mm x 74mm
(Ni 2132); Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius (1868-1949), soprano and teacher, 1921, by Ede Telcs, her bust
right, named in exergue, 108mm x 76mm (Ni 1526, size incorrectly recorded), this softly sculpted; Johann
Adam Alsbach
(1873-1961), non-portrait Bronze Medal, 1941, 82mm (Ni 21). Extremely fine. (4)
£80-120
Wagenaar, who had studied under Richard Hol was to succeed him as the Cathedral organist at Utrecht.
183 Johannes Messchaert
(1857-1922), baritone, large Bronze Plaquette, 1930, by J C Kerkmeyer (and G Scholten,
Hoorn), bust left, signed on truncation, name below, 258mm x 185mm (Ni 1318); Jef Denyn (1862-1941)
Belgian carillon player, Bronze Plaquette, 1912, for the Mechelen Festival, by D Tuerlinck, bust left, 167mm x
116mm (Ni 545). Very fine. (2)
£70-90
Messchaert was co-founder of the ‘Amsterdamsche Conservatorium’, before moving to Germany. He was a frequent collaborator
with pianist Julius Röntgen and one of Europe’s most sought-after singers of Lieder and oratorio. He became professor at the Berlin
‘Hochschule für Musik’. Denyn founded the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen; Willems, ‘Father’ of the Flemish Movement.
184 Jef Denyn
(1862-1941) Belgian carillon player, Bronze Plaquette, 1922, for the Mechelen Festival, by D
Tuerlinck, bust left, rev woman looks out at belfry, 53mm x 54mm (Ni 546); Gottfried Preyer (1807-1901),
conductor and composer, Plaquettes (2), Silver and Bronze, by H Jauner, bust right, 62.5mm x 45mm (Ni
1617); Medals, Bronze unless stated, Alphons J M Diepenbrock (1862-1921), composer, by E Mazota, head
left, 75mm (Ni 551); Christian Huyghens (1629-1695), ‘Series Numismatica’ Medal, by Henriennet, 41mm
(Ni 952); Johann Wagenaar (1862-1941), large medal, signed GV, head right, 96mm, and smaller varieties (2),
Silver and Bronze, 29mm (Ni 2131); Jan Frans Willems (1793-1846), writer, by Lemaire, head left, 50mm (Ni
2317); Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951), conductor, Silvered-bronze, 1935, by M Fleur, 60mm (Ni 1310); W
Putnam
and M Verklelj, church organists at Oudewater, a pair of medals, 1864, by J P M Menger, each shown
playing, 48mm (Ni 1629, 2120); Louis Zimmermann (1873-1954), 1940, by M P J Fleur, bust three-quarters
right, 61mm (Ni 2347). Very fine and better. (143)
£100-150
POLAND
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185 Fryderyk Franciszek [Frédéric Francois] Chopin
(1810-1849), composer and pianist, a Tribute Bronze
Plaquette, by Jan Wysocki, Chopin stands, surrounded by the draped Muses of music, 113mm x 73mm (Ni
511); Bronze Plaquette, by Fix Masseau, bust right, 71mm x 50mm (Ni 501); Bronze Medals (2), by Waclaw
Szymanowski, head turned right, rev Chopin sits under tree, 50mm (Ni 506); by E Torff, bust right, 60mm (Ni
507); and a Silver ‘fob’ medal, by Alfred Rotheberger, 23mm. Extremely fine or nearly so. (5)
£80-100
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186 Fryderyk Franciszek [Frédéric Francois] Chopin
(1810-1849), uniface Bronze Medal, by Anton Grath, bust
three-quarters right, 59mm (Ni 484); by Robert Coutin, bust right, rev eagle over map outline, 68mm (Ni 479),
others (3) (Ni 490, 493, 494), and Plaquettes (2), by E Beet, 1907 [1910], conjoined heads of I and C Pleyel, A
Wolff and C Lyon, all over Chopin, rev diaphonous muse with harp, 70mm x 61mm; and smaller, by Aumiller,
40mm x 27mm (Ni 475). Extremely fine or nearly so. (8)
£80-100
The first very much in the Secessionist style
187 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
(1860-1941), pianist, composer, diplomat and politician, uniface Bronze Plaquette
[1901], by C Waschmann, bust left, with characteristic flowing hair, name below, 156mm x 121mm (Ni 1549);
smaller variety, Silver [maker’s mark JC], 67mm x 51.5mm; Bronze Plaquette, 1924, by Charpentier, 66mm x
53mm (Ni 1544); larger uniface patinated Bronze Medal, 1953, by R Xavier, head three-quarters right, 90mm
(Ni 1550); Small Medal, 1913, conjoined busts with Camille Saint-Saens, 24mm (Ni 1551); Leopold Godowsky
(1870-1938), Polish-American pianist, Bronze Plaquette, 1912, by Schwerdtner, 81mm x 57mm (Ni 714).
Extremely fine or nearly so, but some small scuff marks to first
. (6)
£80-120
Paderewski, third Prime Minister of Poland, 1919.