€10 FRANCE 2021 - VERMEER "The girl with a pearl earring"
Circulation: 3000 units
Diameter:
Weight: 22 grams
Metal: Silver
Year: 2021
Country France
Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to the main masterpieces of French museums or having been painted in France.
Obverse depicts Vermeer's famous work "The Girl with a Pearl Earring".
The "Museum Masterpiece" stamp that defines this series has been added to the top of the coin and is integrated with the work. At the bottom of the painting, the façade of the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris, where it was first exhibited outside the Netherlands 100 years ago, in 1921, has been engraved. The sumptuous frame surrounding the work was created by the engravers by Monnaie de Paris. The name of the work and the artist also complete the decoration. The year 2021 appears in the upper left.
Reverse is common to the series. It depicts various views of many of the major French museums. An interior view of the Musée d'Orsay, top left, is recognizable by its distinctive clock. Next to it is a view of the facade of the Louvre as seen from Napoleon's courtyard where the pyramid is located. Below these two elements, a fresco shows the Hôtel Salé, which houses the Picasso Museum. The lower part of the reverse features a view of the façade of the Hôtel Biron, the current Rodin Museum, and above, the famous staircase of the Pompidou Center. The face value and the words “République Française” are also inscribed on the reverse.
