Gilt medal with the Rijksmuseum in a round Perspex box
Also known as: Vergulde penning met het Rijksmuseum in rond doosje van perspex
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1985
Obverse: facade of the Rijksmuseum within an inscription ('100 jaar Rijksmuseum / Amsterdam'), below which are the mintmaster mark and mintmark (bow and arrow above M) and caduceus (above A); and at the bottom right (below the right tower) the medallist's signature.
Reverse: the two main figures from The Night Watch in front of a picture frame with three visitors on the right, two sitting, one standing, within a legend ('13 juli / 1885-1985'). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2013-12-1; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), gilding (material), bronze (metal), Perspex (TM); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.8 cm x weight 19.6 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal), gilding (material), bronze (metal), Perspex (TM)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 19.6 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 19.6 g
Design
- Obverse
- facade of the Rijksmuseum within an inscription ('100 jaar Rijksmuseum / Amsterdam'), below which are the mintmaster mark and mintmark (bow and arrow above M) and caduceus (above A); and at the bottom right (below the right tower) the medallist's signature.
- Reverse
- the two main figures from The Night Watch in front of a picture frame with three visitors on the right, two sitting, one standing, within a legend ('13 juli / 1885-1985').
Identification
- Original title
- Vergulde penning met het Rijksmuseum in rond doosje van perspex
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2013-12-1
- Museum classification
- 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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