Pieter van Abeele Sold at Auction Prices

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PIETER VAN ABEELE (1608-1684) Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1640-1660) and his sister Princess Mary, silver medal, c. 1660, HINDRYHKVS HARTOG VAN GLOCESTER (Henry, Duke of Gloucester), bust of Henry facing three-quarters left, with long hair, wearing lace collar; field behind patterned with roses and thistles, rev., MARIA D G PRINCEPS M BRIT AVRANT DOTARIA ETC (Mary, by the grace of God, Princess of Great Britain, Dowager of Orange etc.), bust of Mary left, her hair elegantly wreathed with diamonds and pearls, wearing drop-earring, pearl necklace and drapery fastened with brooch on the shoulder; field behind similarly patterned; to right, traces of the artist's signature P V ABEELE F, 58.53g, 66mm (MI Appendix 1, CLXXXII, 10; Frederiks 2/2d and 17/17a), minor rim bruise on reverse, an extremely fine contemporary cast made from two plates joined at the rim, excessively rare