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Vilhelms Purvītis

Material silver of fineness .925
Year 2022
Mintage 4000
Artists Graphic Design: Frančeska Kirke
This coin is no longer available for sale. The coin remains only in collectors’ possession and in our archive as a record of its history.

Technical Description

Denomination: 5.00 euro
Weight: 31.47 g
Metal: silver of fineness .925
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Quality: proof; colour print on the obverse
Maximum Mintage: 4000
Year: 2022
Edge: The edge bears the inscriptions LATVIJAS BANKA and LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA, separated by rhombic dots.
Mint: Lietuvos monetu kalykla (Lithuania)
Graphic Design: Frančeska Kirke
Obverse

Obverse

(front)

Reproduction of the painting "Winter" by Vilhelms Purvītis, using colour print.

Reverse

Reverse

(back)

The plaster model of the painting "Winter" by Vilhelms Purvītis with several grade frosting. The inscriptions 5 EURO and VILHELMS PURVĪTIS are semi-circled to the left along the upper edge of the obverse.

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Artists

Graphic Artist

Frančeska Kirke

A very delicate and intellectual painter, she is an artist of the third generation. Like no one else, Frančeska Kirke skilfully draws inspiration from the motifs and characters of past centuries' art collections, seamlessly weaving them into her compositions. She "copies" fragments – whether larger pieces or tiny details – from well-known artworks with remarkable visual precision. With a seemingly playful ease, yet grounded in thoughtful consideration, she draws connections to today’s world,...
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Frančeska Kirke