Latin School of Gouda, medal awarded to Franciscus Gysbertus, Baron van Brakell tot den Brakell upon his graduation
Also known as: Latijnse school van Gouda, penning uitgereikt aan Franciscus Gysbertus, baron van Brakell tot den Brakell bij zijn promotie
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1786
Gilt silver medal with suspension loop and carrying ring. Obverse: inscription within decorative border. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions above pennant with inscription within decorative border.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-104; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), silver (metal); technique gild, engraving; measurements diameter 7.7 cm x diameter 7.1 cm x diameter 6.7 cm x weight 65.58 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gilding (material), silver (metal)
- Technique
- gild, engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 7.7 cm x diameter 7.1 cm x diameter 6.7 cm x weight 65.58 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 7.7 cm x diameter 7.1 cm x diameter 6.7 cm x weight 65.58 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription within decorative border.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions above pennant with inscription within decorative border.
Identification
- Original title
- Latijnse school van Gouda, penning uitgereikt aan Franciscus Gysbertus, baron van Brakell tot den Brakell bij zijn promotie
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-VBR-104
- Museum classification
- erepenning · promotiepenning
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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