Society "Art is Acquired through Labour", medal awarded to Olivier Porjeere
Also known as: Genootschap "Kunst wordt door arbeid verkregen", penning toegekend aan Olivier Porjeere
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1780
Silver medal. Obverse: Apollo with laurel wreath on his head and lyre in hand leans on a broken column to which a coat of arms is attached; he holds a laurel wreath above the head of a young man who kneels before him offering a written sheet, within legend; exergue: signature.
Reverse: inscription within laurel wreath and legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2819; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.1 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
- diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.1 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.1 g
Design
- Obverse
- Apollo with laurel wreath on his head and lyre in hand leans on a broken column to which a coat of arms is attached; he holds a laurel wreath above the head of a young man who kneels before him offering a written sheet, within legend; exergue: signature.
- Reverse
- inscription within laurel wreath and legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Genootschap "Kunst wordt door arbeid verkregen", penning toegekend aan Olivier Porjeere
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2819
- 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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