Gold Jan Vermeer The Art of Painting Coin
- Genuine investment gold: Fineness 999/1,000
- Swiss minting: by Valcambi
- Verified authenticity: with certificate
- Genuine investment goldIts value is based on fine gold and follows the gold price
- Swiss mintingA globally recognized name for top gold quality
- Verified authenticityDelivered Brilliant Uncirculated in a protective blister card
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Gold coin · 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
A museum for the hand.
The Art of Painting, 1/1,000 ounce fine gold, picture side
The painter at the easel, the model with laurel wreath and book, the map on the wall, as a relief in gold. The original is at home in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
The original
At home in the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Vermeer painted the picture around 1666/1668. His model poses as Clio, the Muse of History, and on the wall hangs a map of the 17 provinces of the Netherlands.
- Painter
- Johannes Vermeer
- Work
- The Art of Painting, c. 1666/1668
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 120 × 100 cm
- Location
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Signed
Vermeer signed on the lower edge of the map in the picture: I Ver-Meer.
A tour
Where the originals are at home.
Paris is the centre, with the Louvre, the Orsay, the Marmottan and the Orangerie. Then come museums from Florence to Kraków and, across the Atlantic, New York and Washington.
Vienna
- The Art of Painting Kunsthistorisches MuseumThis piece
- Young Hare Albertina
- The Kiss Belvedere
Paris
- Marten and Oopjen Musée du Louvre
- Mona Lisa Musée du Louvre
- Noon: Rest from Work (after Millet) Musée d’Orsay
- Self-Portrait of 1889 Musée d’Orsay
- Water Lilies Musée de l’Orangerie
- Impression, Sunrise Musée Marmottan Monet
- Tahitian Women Musée d’Orsay
- Liberty Leading the People Musée du Louvre
Munich
- Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe Alte Pinakothek
- Promenade Lenbachhaus
- Blue Horse I Lenbachhaus
Florence
- The Birth of Venus Uffizi Galleries
- Primavera Uffizi Galleries
Amsterdam
- The Night Watch Rijksmuseum
- Marten and Oopjen Rijksmuseum
The Hague
- Girl with a Pearl Earring Mauritshuis
London
- The Umbrellas National Gallery
Düsseldorf
- Four Girls Kunstpalast
Braunschweig
- The Girl with the Wine Glass Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Wiesbaden
- The Butterfly Hunter Museum Wiesbaden
Salzburg
- Sunday Stroll Salzburg Museum
Kraków
- Lady with an Ermine Czartoryski Museum
Venice
- Vitruvian Man (drawing) Gallerie dell’Accademia
New York
- The Starry Night Museum of Modern Art
- Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Siesta Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Neue Galerie
Washington
- Woman with a Parasol, Madame Monet and Her Son National Gallery of Art
- Luncheon of the Boating Party Phillips Collection
Under the loupe
The painting in gold, up close.
The coin bears the painting as a fine relief, whole or as a detail, together with the painter’s signature or monogram.
The value side bears RÉPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD, the national coat of arms, 999/1000 FINE GOLD and 3000 FRANCS CFA.
ModelThe model with laurel
Enlarged from the photos in our gallery.
The craft
The painting in gold, the colour on the card.
The coin bears the painting as a relief in gold, 15.4 × 11 millimetres, issued by the Republic of Chad at 3,000 CFA francs.
- The blister card
- On the front the painting in colour with the painter’s signature or monogram, the coin in the window, on the back the details of the issue.
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Gold
- Design
- The Art of Painting
- Painter
- Johannes Vermeer
- Weight
- 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
- Fine weight
- 0.031 g
- Fineness
- 999/1,000
- Face value
- 3,000 Francs CFA
- Issuing country
- Republic of Chad
- Dimensions
- 15.4 × 11 mm
- Mintage
- 50,000 pieces
- Original
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Packaging
- Blister card
After the tour
Most of the originals are at home in museums, from Florence to Washington. Whoever wants to see them travels to them.
This coin brings one of them home: in gold, with the painter’s name, and in colour on the card.
Jan Vermeer »The Art of Painting« – minted fine gold as a small gold investment
- Design: The reverse shows Johannes Vermeer's world-famous painting »The Art of Painting« – an artist's studio in the typical, warmly muted Vermeer light, framed by a heavy curtain and complemented by the characteristic »IVMeer« inscription.
- Material / Fineness: Pure fine gold with a fineness of 999/1,000, a fine weight of 1/1,000 ounce (around 0.031 g) – tiny in quantity, unmistakably clear in value.
- Manufacturer: Minted by the traditional Swiss mint Valcambi, a globally recognised name for the highest precious metal quality.
- Country of issue & face value: Republic of Chad, official face value 3,000 CFA francs, year of issue 2024.
- Mintage: Worldwide limited to 50,000 pieces.
- Format: Rectangular format, 11 × 15.4 mm, delivered Brilliant Uncirculated in a coin card (blister card) with certificate of authenticity.
The »Jan Vermeer The Art of Painting« is one of the most intricate gold coins of the 2024 issue year. In the smallest of spaces, this gold coin combines great art history with the tangible substance of real fine gold. Anyone investing in physical gold acquires here a genuine asset whose value is based on the gold price – the design provides the personal touch, but the real substance and reason for purchase is the precious metal it contains.
The design: Vermeer's »The Art of Painting« in gold
Vermeer's masterpiece was created around 1666 to 1668 and is considered one of the most enigmatic works by the great Dutch painter. It depicts an artist in his studio painting a young woman wearing a laurel wreath and holding a book – presumably the muse Clio. Light, perspective and loving detail give the scene its unmistakable depth. The minting transfers this pictorial world into gold; on the left of the image, a dark curtain frames the composition, while above there is a smaller repetition of the motif in a golden frame. In this way, a highlight of European painting is preserved in the smallest possible space.
The value side: Coat of arms of the Republic of Chad
The obverse bears the national coat of arms of the Republic of Chad, flanked by a goat and a lion. Around the edge are the inscriptions »RÉPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD« as the country of issue, the face value »3000 FRANCS CFA« and the fineness statement »999/1000 FINE GOLD«. This makes the coin an official means of payment in its country of issue and means it is used not merely as a medal but as a genuine legal tender coin.
Small gold investment with a big impact
Gold is the world's oldest currency and has been a proven store of value for over 6,000 years. It has an inherent, intrinsic value, has never been worth zero, and is recognised and used as a medium of exchange worldwide. This is precisely why physical fine gold serves as an inflation hedge and as crisis protection against political and economic uncertainties. Despite the artistic design, what you acquire here is full-fledged investment gold, whose value moves in step with the gold price.
- Value preservation: The value follows the gold price – not the central banks' printing press, whose fiat money can be multiplied at will.
- Building wealth in small steps: Small quantities of gold add up over the years to form considerable wealth and can be passed down from generation to generation.
- High liquidity: Gold is tradable worldwide and can be sold and converted into cash at any time.
- Tax aspect: Profits from the sale of physical gold are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year.
For investors and anyone wishing to give the gift of real gold
Whether as an entry point into physical gold investment or as a thoughtfully chosen addition to your own precious metal holdings – this piece of fine gold makes value preservation tangible. And if you want to delight someone on a birthday, christening or wedding, then with the Vermeer gold coin you are giving not a mere token of attention, but genuine investment gold: an asset that endures, its shine outlasting time.
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