Medal with representation on the occasion of a marriage
Also known as: Penning met voorstelling ter gelegenheid van een huwelijk
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1656 - c. 1657
Silver medal with, on the obverse: a youth and young lady dressed in 17th-century costume. The youth offers a flaming heart to the woman. Legend: MYN LIEF ONTFANGT MYN BRANDENT HERT DAT U OP TROU GEGEVEN WERT.
On the reverse, the bust of a child offering a floral wreath with the legend: DE BESTE VRUCHT DIE THUWLYCK BAART. SYN KINDEREN VROOM EN GOET V AART. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-4662; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 5.5 cm x weight 35.54 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)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- diameter 5.5 cm x weight 35.54 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.5 cm x weight 35.54 g
Identification
- Original title
- Penning met voorstelling ter gelegenheid van een huwelijk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-4662
- Museum classification
- marriage medal · medal · familiepenning
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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