Society for the Rescue of Drowning Persons, Medal Awarded to J.F. Zimmerman
Also known as: Maatschappij tot redding van drenkelingen, penning toegekend aan J.F. Zimmerman
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1767 - 1797
Silver medal. Obverse: woman, representing Benevolence, kneels beside the naked body of a drowning victim and fends off Death, who already stands ready with a scythe, within circumscription.
Reverse: inscription within oak wreath and circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3064; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.6 cm x weight 15.23 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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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 15.23 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 15.23 g
Design
- Obverse
- woman, representing Benevolence, kneels beside the naked body of a drowning victim and fends off Death, who already stands ready with a scythe, within circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within oak wreath and circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Maatschappij tot redding van drenkelingen, penning toegekend aan J.F. Zimmerman
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3064
- Museum classification
- erepenning
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.