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Box for a medal on the murder of the De Witt brothers 1672 with pasted-in poems

Also known as: Doos voor een penning op de moord op de Gebroeders De Wit 1672 met ingeplakte gedichten

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1672

Turned boxwood box with lid, both provided on the inside with a printed poem, on the box "Op de beestelyke woede" and on the lid "Op de helden-beelden". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-1186; its record gives material recorded as boxwood, paper; technique turning, glue; measurements diameter 8.4 cm x thickness 2.5 cm x weight 75.75 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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Physical characteristics

Material
boxwood, paper
Technique
turning, glue
Measurements
diameter 8.4 cm x thickness 2.5 cm x weight 75.75 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 8.4 cm x thickness 2.5 cm x weight 75.75 g

Identification

Original title
Doos voor een penning op de moord op de Gebroeders De Wit 1672 met ingeplakte gedichten
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
KOG-MP-2-1186
Museum classification
history medal

Catalogue references

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