The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

NETHERLANDS, Ianvs Semper Vndiqve [Janus All Over the Place], 2011, an openwork polished stainless steel three-dimensional medal infused with bronze by Jennifer Hoes, outer with heads of Janus, one shouting, the other smiling, inner with three smiling female heads of the artist, 49mm, 160.66g (De Beeldenaar 2011, pp.197-8; The Medal 60, p.66; cf. MPO 78, 2876; cf. Schulman 361, 2588). Extremely fine £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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The jewellery designer Jennifer Hoes is considered the first woman to marry herself. In 2003, on her 30th birthday, she decided she was ‘prepared to embrace her own life’.