Teyler's Theological Society, medal awarded to Jeronimo de Bosch, in 1784 or 1785
Also known as: Teyler's Godgeleerd Genootschap, penning toegekend aan Jeronimo de Bosch, in 1784 of 1785
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1778 - 1785
Silver medal. Obverse: illuminated by heavenly light, Liberty with cap on spear leads naked Truth holding a palm branch, scroll, and radiant sphere towards Religion, who points to a Bible lying open on a table; a broken yoke and shackles lie on the ground; in the background, a view of the city of Haarlem within a legend; exergue: inscription interrupted by a crowned coat of arms flanked by two lions.
Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath in a cartouche decorated with leafy branches beneath a coat of arms with a pennant bearing an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2796; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements thickness 0.7 cm x diameter 7.4 cm x weight 186.88 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- thickness 0.7 cm x diameter 7.4 cm x weight 186.88 g
- Dimensions museum
- thickness 0.7 cm x diameter 7.4 cm x weight 186.88 g
Design
- Obverse
- illuminated by heavenly light, Liberty with cap on spear leads naked Truth holding a palm branch, scroll, and radiant sphere towards Religion, who points to a Bible lying open on a table; a broken yoke and shackles lie on the ground; in the background, a view of the city of Haarlem within a legend; exergue: inscription interrupted by a crowned coat of arms flanked by two lions.
- Reverse
- inscription within a laurel wreath in a cartouche decorated with leafy branches beneath a coat of arms with a pennant bearing an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Teyler's Godgeleerd Genootschap, penning toegekend aan Jeronimo de Bosch, in 1784 of 1785
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2796
- 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.
Research required
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