Coins - In art and paintings

Hi my fellow CT members I hope you days are going swimmingly

From time to time I go on painting searches on the net and in my various painting catalogs and collection books to find paintings with coins depicted in them. art+art=ART!

I hope you guys find a few examples but It's quite hard find some, here are the four that I found, Enjoy:


FRANCKEN, Frans II
(b. 1581, Antwerpen, d. 1642, Antwerpen)


Art Room
1636
Oil on wood, 74 x 78 cn
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

In the 17th century there were several royal collections in which 'naturalia' - objects found in nature such as pearls and shells - were mixed with 'arteficialia' - precious man-made objects including coins, medals, paintings, sculptures, Nautilus goblets, astronomical gadgetry, etc. Scientific thought in the early modern era was governed by the principle of 'curiositas' (curiosity or inquisitiveness), thus these collections were centres of expansive research. The painting of Frans Francken II shows a good example.



Gerrit van Honthorst
Utrecht 1592 - 1656 Utrecht

Old woman examining a coin by a lantern (Sight or Avarice)
Canvas, 75 x 60 cm
Signed and dated upper left: G v Honthorst fc / 162[3?] (abraded)



Author : HANS MEMLING
Date :1480 or later
Technique :Oil on oak panel, 31 x 23,2 cm
Type ortrait
Form ainting
Location :Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp



Louis Henry Charles Moeller Oil Painting Coin Dealers Connoisseurs
Antiques

Louis Henry Charles Moeller N.A. (1855 - 1930), title: "The Connoisseurs", signed Louis Moeller N.A., dated 1903, a vibrant depiction of two stately gentleman in the midst of negotiations, one gentleman handling coins and currency, while the other looks on intently document in hand, reference papers and book hanging off the table, the background boasts an eclectic collection of fine porcelains perhaps in a gallery or shop of the era.

SIZE: 8" x 10" (artwork) / 12" x 13 3/4" (frame).

 

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Interesting concept Wey..... i found this one called "Old Jew'' .... Traci :kewl:

 

Money-changers and lenders (and their wives) were a popular subject at one time. It seems most of the well-known artists did at least one painting of these people during their lives. The coins are props for the artist rather than the prime subject matter; like in the Francken picture at the top.

 

This is exactly why I enjoy this forum. It is not a bunch of I have this or that and it is worth this or that, there is history and art and knowledge shared with everyone here. Thank you guys for posting these great works and for sharing knowledge and passion with others.
Kent

 

TIZIANO Vecellio
Portrait of Jacopo Strada
1567-68
Oil on canvas, 125 x 95 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna




PEREDA, Antonio de
The Knight's Dream
-
Oil on wood, 152 x 217 cm
Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid






MASSYS, Quentin
The Moneylender and his Wife
1514
Oil on panel, 71 x 68 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris








MASSYS, Quentin
St Anne Altarpiece (closed)
1507-08
Oil on wood, 220 x 92 cm (each wing)
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels




LEYDEN, Lucas van
Card Players
1508-10
Oil on panel, 56 x 70 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington




HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Lais of Corinth
1526
Limewood, 34,6 x 26,8 cm
Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle




FLEGEL, Georg
Dessert Still-Life
-
Oil on wood, 22 x 28 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich





BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder
Still-Life with Garland of Flowers and Golden Tazza
1618
Oil on wood, 47,5 x 52,5 cm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels




BAILLY, David
Self-Portrait with Vanitas Symbols
1651
Oil on wood, 65 x 97,5 cm
Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden




BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder
The Triumph of Death (detail)
c. 1562
Oil on panel
Museo del Prado, Madrid

 

All I can say is WOW.

 

very very interesting

 

I'm glad you guys enjoy them, I hope to find some more in the future

 

American artist, Chris Burden, created money as a piece of art in his piece entitled Diecimila, 1977 with the assistance of the fine arts printmaking studio Crown Point Press in San Francisco.

 

“I like money on the wall. Say you were going to buy a $200,000 painting. I think you should take that money, tie it up and hang it on the wall. Then when someone visited you, the first thing they would see is the money on the wall.” – Andy Warhol



Title: 192 One Dollar Bills, 1962 by Andy Warhol

 

Yes, fascinating!! I like them all! :thumb:

 

There are a number of paintings in western art under the title/theme, The Money Changer

Here is Rembrant Van Rijn's:




The biblical theme of 'Jesus expelling the money changers from the temple' is one which was rendered by many artists in wood and/or metal engravings and paintings from medieval religious art to the refined art of the renaissance, stretching to the northern European master paints and beyond to some contemporary examples.

 

Tom Otterness is a NYC based American artist and sculptor whose large scale public bronzes are found throughout the city and other urban public spaces around the country. He has a few sculptures that involve coins, such as this one from Grand Rapids, Michigan:



AND THESE ALSO IN GRAND RAPIDS:





Here's one (of many) in the NYC Subway, which features an old subway token:

 

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All of those are absolutely amazing. I'm not into art of any kind though but I'm always fasinated by someone's ability to actually paint anything in such detail. Some of those coins in those paintings look so real it appears they are real and just stuck on the canvas. Even the details in most of those paintings are astronomical. No wonder so many artists have gone to abstract paintings. I guess they know they could never do something like those. AMAZING.

 

This one is more recent, probably from the 1950's or 1960's.

Norman Rockwell's "The Coin Collector"



I have a similar bunch of illustrations of coins used in movies:

http://www.brianrxm.com/htmdir/cnsmovies.htm

 

Excellent addition! And I love your list of illustrations from movies!hya:

 

Love the Rockwell.... I have 4 of his lithographs, he is one of my favorites. Here are the infamous gambling dogs....
Traci :bigeyes:

 

Yes I love this one, I have been looking on the net for 15 minutes to try to find a better example of this work without any glare. I'm not having any success but i'm determined...