The Midas silver touch from the great van Vianen
London numismatic auction house Morton & Eden (23% buyer’s premium) sold a silver plaquette by the great Dutch silversmith Paulus van Vianen (1570-1613) for £130,000 at a recent sale.
The Judgement of King Midas relief, based on a drawing by van Vianen now in the Louvre, is signed P…