Rembert Dodoens Medal

Title: Rembert Dodoens Medal
Description: Bronze. Belgium. Undated, but ca. 1848. Signed. Posthumous.

Obverse: Clothed bust to right, wearing coat with fur and ruff; full beard; below and parallel to truncation, JOUVENEL; in curve along edge at left, R. DODOENS DE MALINES and at right, 1518-1585.

Reverse: LA BELGIQUE / OÙ L'ON AIME TANT LES FLEURS / S'HONORE D'AVOIR VU NAÎTRE / DODONAEUS QUI FIT FAIRE A LA / BOTANIQUE SES PREMIERS PROGRÉS. / 1554, IL PUBLIE SON HERBIER A ANVERS. / 1568, IL REFUSE LA PLACE DE MÉDICIN / DE LA COUR A MADRID. 1574, IL ACCEPTE / CELLE DE MEDICIN DE MAXIMILIEN II / ET SE REND A VIENNE. 1580, IL / REVIENT DANS SA PATRIE ALORS / DESOLÉE PAR LA GUERRE ET / BIENTÔT IL VA PROFESSER / LA MEDICINE A LEYDE / OÙ IL MEURT EN / 1585., in sixteen lines; above, a vase of flowers and at left two books with FLORUM HISTORIAE in two lines; at right staff of Aesculapius and three books, one open with STIRP. HIST. in one line.
Creator: Adolphe Christian Jouvenel
Date: c. 1848
Extent: 47 mm
Medium: Bronze
Coverage: Belgium
Language: French