General Exhibition of Dutch Industry and Art in the Paleis voor Volksvlijt in Amsterdam, medal awarded to the Department of the Navy
Also known as: Medal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1866
Silver medal. Obverse: winged woman with radiant star above her head and torch in left hand, representing Art, leads winged woman with beehive in right hand, representing Industry. Reverse: inscription within laurel wreath and circumscription; edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-MC-1212; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.5 cm x weight 68.68 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)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.5 cm x weight 68.68 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.5 cm x weight 68.68 g
Design
- Obverse
- winged woman with radiant star above her head and torch in left hand, representing Art, leads winged woman with beehive in right hand, representing Industry.
- Reverse
- inscription within laurel wreath and circumscription; edge lettering
Identification
- Original title
- Algemeene Tentoonstelling van Nederlandsche Nijverheid en Kunst in het Paleis voor Volksvlijt te Amsterdam, penning uitgereikt aan het Departement van Marine
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-MC-1212
- Museum classification
- award 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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