Academy of Drawing, Architecture, and Navigation in Groningen, Medal Awarded to Rutgerus van Troijen
Also known as: Academie van Teeken-, Bouw- en Zeevaardkunde te Groningen, penning toegekend aan Rutgerus van Troijen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1806
Silver medal. Obverse: helmeted Minerva holds shield above bust, against which a palette with brushes rests, standing on plinth with inscription and coat of arms, and above globe, on which a telescope is mounted and against which a plumb rule rests; with her other hand she presents several medals to a winged boy with a flame on his head, who empties a libation bowl over a burning tripod; behind the boy a small board against a truncated column within circumscription; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: inscription within oak wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3065; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.81 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.81 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.81 g
Design
- Obverse
- helmeted Minerva holds shield above bust, against which a palette with brushes rests, standing on plinth with inscription and coat of arms, and above globe, on which a telescope is mounted and against which a plumb rule rests; with her other hand she presents several medals to a winged boy with a flame on his head, who empties a libation bowl over a burning tripod; behind the boy a small board against a truncated column within circumscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within oak wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Academie van Teeken-, Bouw- en Zeevaardkunde te Groningen, penning toegekend aan Rutgerus van Troijen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3065
- 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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