Society "Felix Meritis", medal awarded to Chretien du Bois by the Department of Drawing
Also known as: Maatschappij "Felix Meritis", penning toegekend aan Chretien du Bois door het departement Tekenkunde
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1777 - 1805
Silver medal. Obverse: woman seated on a throne, holding aloft a laurel wreath in her right hand, while her left hand, with which she holds a roll of parchment, rests on a coat of arms within legend; exergue: signature. Reverse: inscription below laurel wreath within radiant halo. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3139; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.6 cm x weight 396 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), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 396 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 396 g
Design
- Obverse
- woman seated on a throne, holding aloft a laurel wreath in her right hand, while her left hand, with which she holds a roll of parchment, rests on a coat of arms within legend; exergue: signature.
- Reverse
- inscription below laurel wreath within radiant halo.
Identification
- Original title
- Maatschappij "Felix Meritis", penning toegekend aan Chretien du Bois door het departement Tekenkunde
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3139
- Museum classification
- award medal
Catalogue references
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