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Pieter Du Pree, catechism master, medal presented by the regents of the poor children's orphanage in Leiden

Also known as: Pieter Du Pree, meester catechisatie, penning door de regenten van het armenweeshuis te Leiden vereerd

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1800

Silver medal. Obverse: inscription within decorative border of leafy branches. Reverse: inscription within decorative border of leafy branches. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3077; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engraving; measurements diameter 4.5 cm x weight 29.98 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
engraving
Measurements
diameter 4.5 cm x weight 29.98 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 4.5 cm x weight 29.98 g

Design

Obverse
inscription within decorative border of leafy branches.
Reverse
inscription within decorative border of leafy branches.

Identification

Original title
Pieter Du Pree, meester catechisatie, penning door de regenten van het armenweeshuis te Leiden vereerd
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-1-3077
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.

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