Silver medal with the Rijksmuseum in a round Perspex box
Also known as: Penning van zilver 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'), with mint master mark and mint mark at the bottom; anvil (above S) and caduceus (above D), and medallist's signature at lower right (below the right tower).
Reverse: the two main figures from The Night Watch in front of a picture frame, with three visitors on the right, two seated, one standing, within an inscription ('13 juli / 1885-1985'). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2013-12-2; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), Perspex (TM); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.8 cm x weight 25.15 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal), Perspex (TM)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 25.15 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 25.15 g
Design
- Obverse
- facade of the Rijksmuseum within an inscription ('100 jaar Rijksmuseum / Amsterdam'), with mint master mark and mint mark at the bottom; anvil (above S) and caduceus (above D), and medallist's signature at lower right (below the right tower).
- Reverse
- the two main figures from The Night Watch in front of a picture frame, with three visitors on the right, two seated, one standing, within an inscription ('13 juli / 1885-1985').
Identification
- Original title
- Penning van zilver met het Rijksmuseum in rond doosje van perspex
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2013-12-2
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.