Maria Christina and Albert Casimir, Governors of the Southern Netherlands, medal presented by the Province of Brabant
Also known as: Maria Christina en Albert-Kasimir, landvoogden der zuidelijke Nederlanden, penning vereerd door het gewest Brabant
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1786
Silver octagonal medal with suspension loop and carrying ring. Obverse: facing busts of a man and a woman within a legend. Reverse: inscription beneath a laurel wreath, above a crowned coat of arms draped with leafy branches.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2909; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 4.7 cm x length 4.1 cm x length 3.4 cm x width 3.4 cm x weight 217 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- length 4.7 cm x length 4.1 cm x length 3.4 cm x width 3.4 cm x weight 217 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 4.7 cm x length 4.1 cm x length 3.4 cm x width 3.4 cm x weight 217 g
Design
- Obverse
- facing busts of a man and a woman within a legend.
- Reverse
- inscription beneath a laurel wreath, above a crowned coat of arms draped with leafy branches.
Identification
- Original title
- Maria Christina en Albert-Kasimir, landvoogden der zuidelijke Nederlanden, penning vereerd door het gewest Brabant
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2909
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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