De Wit Coin Collection
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 2007
- Dimensions
- Various dimensions
- Vendor
- Professor G W De Wit (through Spink)
The iconography of the coins is very sophisticated, often with theological themes that reflect contemporary interest during the period of the Christianisation of England. There are many interesting parallels for pictorial, zoomorphic and geometric designs found on illuminated manuscripts and stone carvings of the period. This work was acquired with assistance from the Wolfson Foundation.
Provenance
Professor G W De Wit, Rotterdam through Spink & Son, London.