Bicentenary of the Union of Utrecht, Medal Struck by the Society "Dulces ante omnia musae"
Also known as: Tweehonderdste verjaardag van de Unie van Utrecht, penning door het genootschap "Dulces ante omnia musae" geslagen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1779
Silver medal. Obverse: the Netherlands, depicted as a seated woman with cap of liberty on a spear, Bible, and coat of arms with bundle of arrows, trampling a snake with her foot; in foreground, right: column with bust of William I and letters CC on base, in background view of the city of Utrecht; exergue: year.
Reverse: inscription below coat of arms decorated with lyre, palm, sheet of parchment, and trumpet within myrtle wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2804; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.4 cm x weight 12.42 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 3.4 cm x weight 12.42 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.4 cm x weight 12.42 g
Design
- Obverse
- the Netherlands, depicted as a seated woman with cap of liberty on a spear, Bible, and coat of arms with bundle of arrows, trampling a snake with her foot; in foreground, right: column with bust of William I and letters CC on base, in background view of the city of Utrecht; exergue: year.
- Reverse
- inscription below coat of arms decorated with lyre, palm, sheet of parchment, and trumpet within myrtle wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Tweehonderdste verjaardag van de Unie van Utrecht, penning door het genootschap "Dulces ante omnia musae" geslagen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2804
- 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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