Medal, awarded to Christiaan Pit by the City of Leiden on the occasion of the defence of his dissertation at Leiden University on 28 November 1674 (so-called graduation with the cap)
Also known as: Penning, verleend aan Christaan Pit door de Stad Leiden ter gelegenheid van de verdediging van zijn dissertatie aan de Universiteit van Leiden op 28 november 1674 (zogenaamde promotie met de kap)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1671
Struck round gold medal with link in loop; obverse: standing woman (goddess Minerva) with helmet and lance, over whose outstretched right arm hangs drapery and who holds a hat (cap) with her right hand and at whose feet sits an owl, with inscription and engraved text at the bottom; reverse: standing (Dutch) lion with head turned towards the viewer, holding a scimitar aloft in its right forepaw and holding a crowned coat of arms with two crossed keys (Leiden) with its left forepaw, with inscription and text at the bottom.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2002-52-B; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.2 cm x height 5.4 cm x weight 34.75 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.2 cm x height 5.4 cm x weight 34.75 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.2 cm x height 5.4 cm x weight 34.75 g
Identification
- Original title
- Penning, verleend aan Christaan Pit door de Stad Leiden ter gelegenheid van de verdediging van zijn dissertatie aan de Universiteit van Leiden op 28 november 1674 (zogenaamde promotie met de kap)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2002-52-B
- Museum classification
- erepenning
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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