Quelling of the undertakers' riot in Amsterdam, medal presented to the armed burghers
Also known as: Stillen van het aansprekersoproer te Amsterdam, penning aan de gewapende burgers vereerd
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1696 - 1696-11-28
Silver medal. Obverse: Neptune with trident standing on his chariot in a turbulent sea wrathfully punishes the unleashed storm winds, in foreground two birds falling from a nest within an inscription. Reverse: two birds in a nest on a calm sea, while the sun rises beneath a pennant with an inscription; exergue: date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1692; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 6 cm x weight 77.4 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 6 cm x weight 77.4 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6 cm x weight 77.4 g
Design
- Obverse
- Neptune with trident standing on his chariot in a turbulent sea wrathfully punishes the unleashed storm winds, in foreground two birds falling from a nest within an inscription.
- Reverse
- two birds in a nest on a calm sea, while the sun rises beneath a pennant with an inscription; exergue: date.
Identification
- Original title
- Stillen van het aansprekersoproer te Amsterdam, penning aan de gewapende burgers vereerd
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-1692
- Museum classification
- history 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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