Veere declares for the elevation of the Prince of Orange to stadtholder, medal presented to the Guild of St. Luke by Mr. Andries Westerwijk Forsborgh, chief dean of the guild
Also known as: Veere verklaart zich voor de verheffing van de prins van Oranje tot stadhouder, penning door mr. Andries Westerwijk Forsborgh, overdeken van het St. Lucasgilde, vereerd aan dit gilde
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1747
Silver medal. Obverse: coat of arms on a tree trunk, to which a pennant with an inscription is attached; above it, between two fruit-bearing branches, a winged ox holding two crowned coats of arms under its wings, within a circumscription. Reverse: inscription within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2431; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.3 cm x weight 42.64 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.3 cm x weight 42.64 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.3 cm x weight 42.64 g
Design
- Obverse
- coat of arms on a tree trunk, to which a pennant with an inscription is attached; above it, between two fruit-bearing branches, a winged ox holding two crowned coats of arms under its wings, within a circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within a circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Veere verklaart zich voor de verheffing van de prins van Oranje tot stadhouder, penning door mr. Andries Westerwijk Forsborgh, overdeken van het St. Lucasgilde, vereerd aan dit gilde
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2431
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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Research required
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