Meisterwerke des Museums - Marten Soolmans und Oopjen Coppit (Rembrandt) Frankreich Silber PP 10 Euro 2025

Painted in 1634, these two life-size portraits are among the great artworks of Rembrandt, one of the masters of Dutch painting. They bear witness to the union of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. They are the only known life-size portraits painted by Rembrandt! The portraits of Marten and Oopjen were acquired in 2016, respectively by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Louvre in Paris. They reside in alternate custody between these two great European museums. In 2025, we celebrate their return to the Louvre galleries for a five-year period. The 10€ Silver Proof coin’s obverse represents the colourized busts of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. The names of the subjects, the painter and the vintage separate the two paintings. The outline of the coin is decorated with the original frame of the portraits and the museums in which they reside in alternating custody : the Rijksmuseum on the bottom and the Louvre on top.