Terechtstelling van Marie Antoinette
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
3; 9.36
About this artwork
Schenking van mevrouw J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff
Art Historical Context
Behold the poignant *Terechtstelling van Antoinette* (Execution of Marie Antoinette), struck medal crafted by Daniel Friedrich Loos 1793—the very year of the French queen's guillotining on October 16 the Reign of Terror. Measuring just 3 cm in diameter and weighing 9.36 grams, this diminutive bronze artifact captures a seismic moment of the French Revolution, when royal excess met revolutionary fury. Loos, a skilled German medallist, immortalized the event in intricate relief, likely portraying the scaffold scene to evoke both horror and triumph for contemporaries. Struck medals like this wer...
About the Artist
Daniel Friedrich Loos · 1735–1819
Daniel Friedrich Loos (1735–1819) was a German medallist, engraver, and die-cutter who served as chief engraver and medalist for the Kingdom of Prussia during a crucial period of Prussian history. Born on June 15, 1735, in Altenburg and dying on October 1, 1819, in Berlin, Loos pursued an 84-year life that spanned from the reign of Frederick William I through the Napoleonic Wars and into the post-...