Netherlands / Belgium. 1914. Sietske Wienecke at the Age of Fifteen – Portrait Plaquette by J.C. Wienecke.
Art Nouveau portrait plaquette depicting Sietske, the fifteen-year-old daughter of Dutch medallist Johannes Cornelis Wienecke. Produced for the Nederlandsch-Belgische Vereeniging van de Vrienden der Medaille als Kunstwerk, an association promoting the medal as an art form.
Obverse: Left-facing bust of Sietske, her hair secured with a comb and ribbon, within a circular medallion. Wild roses fill the four corners of the square composition. Inscribed SIETSKE / Æ 15 / 1914 behind the portrait. Signed J.C. Wienecke below.
Reverse: Coining press enclosed by a curved strip of metal with circular blanks punched from its lower ends. Crowned shields of the Netherlands and Belgium above, with a laurel wreath and medallist’s tools surrounding the composition.
Inscriptions: NEDERLANDSCH-BELGISCHE VEREENIGING / VAN DE VRIENDEN DER MEDAILLE ALS KUNSTWERK.
Medallist: Johannes Cornelis Wienecke.
Manufacturer: Begeer.
Date: 1914.
Dimensions: 47.6 × 47.6 mm.
Weight: 63.8 g.
References: Koninklijke Begeer 1119; CJCW 124; Buchet–Toussaint 37.
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