Centenary of the University of Utrecht, medal presented to the assemblies of the States, city, court, and ministers
Also known as: Eeuwfeest van de Hogeschool te Utrecht, penning vereerd aan de colleges van de Staten, stad, hof en predikanten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1736
Silver medal. Obverse: Minerva with shield and spear, leaning on a pedestal upon which rests a bible with a burning lamp, sits in a great hall amidst various scientific attributes, beside her Hercules with a bundle of arrows tramples a four-headed dragon; through an arched window the Dom Tower is visible, within a circumscription; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: cloth with inscription between a coat of arms flanked by two olive branches and a seated river god with oar and jug, from which a duckling drinks, within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2265; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 6.5 cm x weight 81.95 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 6.5 cm x weight 81.95 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.5 cm x weight 81.95 g
Design
- Obverse
- Minerva with shield and spear, leaning on a pedestal upon which rests a bible with a burning lamp, sits in a great hall amidst various scientific attributes, beside her Hercules with a bundle of arrows tramples a four-headed dragon; through an arched window the Dom Tower is visible, within a circumscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- cloth with inscription between a coat of arms flanked by two olive branches and a seated river god with oar and jug, from which a duckling drinks, within a circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Eeuwfeest van de Hogeschool te Utrecht, penning vereerd aan de colleges van de Staten, stad, hof en predikanten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2265
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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Research required
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