Pieter van Abeele

Not to be confused withPieter Van den Abeele.

1660 medal

Pieter van Abeele(1608 - February 21, 1684 (buried)) was a Dutchmedallistandcoinerin Amsterdam.

Van Abeele was born inMiddelburg.He perfected the technique of pressing hollow medals. He created the two sides of the medal separately and combined them with a ring of metal. His works are said to be the best of their time, and consist mostly of memorial and portrait medals. They depict several members of theHouse of Orange,AdmiralMaarten Tromp,Jan Wolfert van Brederode,Charles X of SwedenandCharles II of England.He also made commemorative medals for thedestruction of the English fleetand thepeace of 1667,as well as one showing the granting of thecoat of armsto the city of Amsterdam byCount William II of HollandandEmperor Maximilian I.He died inAmsterdam.

Sources

• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie -online version
• Muenzen-Lexikon.de
• Info at the Netherlands Institute for Art History