Medal on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam, 1632-1932
Also known as: Penning ter gelegenheid van het 300 jarig bestaan van het Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam, 1632-1932
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1932
Medal on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam, 1632-1932 — Rijksmuseum object NG-2002-65. Dated by the museum: c. 1932. Museum attribution: commissioner (person who orders works): Vereniging voor Penningkunst, Amsterdam; commissioner (person who orders works): Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam, Amsterdam; Bertus Sondaar; maker: Koninklijke Utrechtsche Fabriek van Zilverwerken van C.J. Begeer, Voorschoten. Material: bronze (metal). Museum description: Bronze medal in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam (the precursor of the University of Amsterdam) in 1932. Obverse: inscription; in the center a gate flanked by two stylistic trees, representing the Agnietenkapel on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam. Below this are seven symbols, representing the 6 faculties of the university. From left to right the symbol of the Faculty of Arts, Economics, Law, the coat of arms of Amsterdam, the Faculty of Mathematics, Medicine, and Theology. Beneath the symbol of the Faculty of Theology the initials of the medalist can be distinguished. Reverse: inscription and an oil-lamp-like object. Above a small flame the letters Pk (stylistically interlaced) can be read.
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- bronze (metal)
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6 cm x thickness 0.35 cm x weight 71.35 g
Identification
- Original title
- Penning ter gelegenheid van het 300 jarig bestaan van het Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam, 1632-1932
- Museum object number
- NG-2002-65
- Museum classification
- history medal
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