Background
Van Abeele was born in Middelburg.
Van Abeele was born in Middelburg.
He perfected the technique of pressing hollow medals. He created the two sides of the medal separately and combined them with a ring of metal. He also made commemorative medals for the destruction of the English fleet and the peace of 1667, as well as one showing the granting of the coat of arms to the city of Amsterdam by Count William II of Holland and Emperor Maximilian I. He died in Amsterdam.
They depict several members of the House of Orange, Admiral Maarten Tromp, January Wolfert van Brederode, Charles X of Sweden and Charles II of England.