Medal on the apparition of an angel to Mary and the adoration of Jesus
Also known as: Penning over de verschijning van een engel aan Maria en de aanbidding van Jezus
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1600 - 1699
Silver medal with suspension loop and ring in openwork border. Obverse: angel with sceptre in hand in a nimbus, standing on clouds before a woman sitting beside a lectern within a decorative border.
Reverse: Jesus as child in manger in a nimbus, illuminated by a star in the sky; around him five men, a woman with nimbus, and animals within a decorative border. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-3870; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engraving; measurements diameter 8.3 cm x diameter 7 cm x diameter 6.3 cm x diameter 5.4 cm x weight 40.13 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
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 8.3 cm x diameter 7 cm x diameter 6.3 cm x diameter 5.4 cm x weight 40.13 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 8.3 cm x diameter 7 cm x diameter 6.3 cm x diameter 5.4 cm x weight 40.13 g
Design
- Obverse
- angel with sceptre in hand in a nimbus, standing on clouds before a woman sitting beside a lectern within a decorative border.
- Reverse
- Jesus as child in manger in a nimbus, illuminated by a star in the sky; around him five men, a woman with nimbus, and animals within a decorative border.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning over de verschijning van een engel aan Maria en de aanbidding van Jezus
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-3870
- Museum classification
- devotional token · medal
Catalogue references
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Research required
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