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Medal of honour from the academy students to Louis Royer for winning the Antwerp Competition

Also known as: Honorary Medal Given by the Students of the Art Academy to Louis Royer for Winning the Prix de Rome

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1816

Inscription, reverse: ‘En / Memoire / du Premier Prix / de Sculpture / qu ‘il remporta / au Concours d’Anvers / le 25 Aout / 1816’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2014-5-2; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 5.25 cm x weight 24.37 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.

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Physical characteristics

Material
silver (metal)
Measurements
diameter 5.25 cm x weight 24.37 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 5.25 cm x weight 24.37 g

Identification

Original title
Erepenning van de leerlingen van de academie aan Louis Royer voor winnen Concours Antwerpen
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-2014-5-2
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.

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