Portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit

In 2025, Monnaie de Paris is representing two inseparable portraits by Rembrandt, acquired jointly in 2016 by the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum. This is an opportunity to bring them together on a single medium in honour of their return to the galleries of the Paris museum for a period of five years.

How do you pay tribute to Rembrandt? A tricky question, but did you know that he was also an engraver? That certainly strengthened our connection! The principle behind these coins was to recreate the original effects of light, both through engraving and polishing, and through appropriate printing. Seeing Rembrandt's work at the Coin Conference in Amsterdam was a decisive factor in our artistic choices for this collection.

Engraver word

Emblematic coins

The front of the coins depicts busts of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. The names of the subjects, the painter and the year 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 at the bottom and the Louvre at the top. The silver 10-euro and 250-euro coins are coloured. The reverse, common to the entire collection, depicts the Louvre building seen from the inner courtyard.