Medal of the wine tavern keepers' guild in The Hague
Also known as: Penning van het wijntappersgilde te 's Gravenhage
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1800
Cast brass medal; on the obverse, the infant Zeus suckled by Amalthea, feeding on grapevines; on the reverse, a man with bottle and glass atop a wine cask, surrounded by grapevines. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-1781; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique casting; measurements diameter 4.2 cm x weight 0 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- diameter 4.2 cm x weight 0 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.2 cm x weight 0 g
Identification
- Original title
- Penning van het wijntappersgilde te 's Gravenhage
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-1781
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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