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10 Euros - Albert II Paul Delvaux
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Belgium |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Reverse description | A detailed portrait of Belgian Surrealist painter Paul Delvaux occupies the center of the field, rendered in high relief with color application highlighting a detail from one of his celebrated dreamlike paintings in the background. The composition references Delvaux's characteristic nocturnal and architectural imagery, with the colored vignette providing a striking contrast to the silver relief. The artist's name 'PAUL DELVAUX' is inscribed as the principal legend across the lower portion of the field in bold Latin lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Delvaux died in 1994, but Belgian commemorative policy in the 2000s made a concerted effort to pair royal portraiture with the country's most internationally recognized fine artists — a deliberate soft-power exercise that produced a run of silver issues pairing Albert II with figures like Magritte and Hergé alongside Delvaux. The painter spent much of his life in the Belgian Ardennes and was closely associated with the Surrealist movement, though he consistently rejected the label.