Medal Awarded to Poets who Lauded William III’s Conquest of England in 1688
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1691
Expedition of William III, Prince of Orange-Nassau, to England; medal awarded to the poets who commemorated it in verse. Gold medal. Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath and a woman within legend.
Reverse: William III, dressed as a Roman emperor with Chi-Rho standard, seated on a throne, while before him Minerva distributes medals to the gathered poets; edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1523; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.6 cm x weight 103.74 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 103.74 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 103.74 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man with laurel wreath and a woman within legend.
- Reverse
- William III, dressed as a Roman emperor with Chi-Rho standard, seated on a throne, while before him Minerva distributes medals to the gathered poets; edge lettering.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning, geschonken aan dichters die de verovering van Engeland in 1688 door Willem III bezongen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-1523
- 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.
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