Maria Louise, Princess of Orange-Nassau, medal struck by order of the city of Sneek
Also known as: Maria Louise, prinses van Oranje-Nassau, penning geslagen op last van de stad Sneek
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1759
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a woman with widow's veil within a circumscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, surmounted by an orange tree, flanked by Hercules with club and lion pelt and a lion, above a cartouche with inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2614; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.4 cm x weight 34.31 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 4.4 cm x weight 34.31 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.4 cm x weight 34.31 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a woman with widow's veil within a circumscription.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms, surmounted by an orange tree, flanked by Hercules with club and lion pelt and a lion, above a cartouche with inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Maria Louise, prinses van Oranje-Nassau, penning geslagen op last van de stad Sneek
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2614
- Museum classification
- magistraatspenning · erepenning
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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