Society for the Defence of the Christian Religion, medal awarded to Allard Hulshoff
Also known as: Genootschap tot verdediging van den Christelijken Godsdienst, penning toegekend aan Allard Hulshoff
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1791
Silver medal. Obverse: illuminated by a radiant all-seeing eye stands Truth, depicted as a veiled woman with shield and anchor between the rock of ages, into which a biblical reference is carved, and an altar adorned with a cross on which stands an open Bible; arrows and hellfire threaten the altar; exergue: crowned coat of arms on two palm branches.
Reverse: inscription within an oak wreath and legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3000; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 6.1 cm x weight 91.34 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), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 6.1 cm x weight 91.34 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.1 cm x weight 91.34 g
Design
- Obverse
- illuminated by a radiant all-seeing eye stands Truth, depicted as a veiled woman with shield and anchor between the rock of ages, into which a biblical reference is carved, and an altar adorned with a cross on which stands an open Bible; arrows and hellfire threaten the altar; exergue: crowned coat of arms on two palm branches.
- Reverse
- inscription within an oak wreath and legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Genootschap tot verdediging van den Christelijken Godsdienst, penning toegekend aan Allard Hulshoff
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3000
- 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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