Batavian Society for the Public Good, Medal Awarded to Cornelis Hogendoorn
Also known as: Bataafsche Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, penning uitgereikt aan Cornelis Hogendoorn
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1798 - 1806
Silver medal. Obverse: helmeted Minerva with lance and shield, seated under a tree in which an owl sits, amidst chest, barrel, plough, spade, and books, hands a book to a young man kneeling before her within circumscription; exergue: crowned coat of arms on oak foliage. Reverse: inscription within oak wreath and circumscription; rim inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3143; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.9 cm x weight 232 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.9 cm x weight 232 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.9 cm x weight 232 g
Design
- Obverse
- helmeted Minerva with lance and shield, seated under a tree in which an owl sits, amidst chest, barrel, plough, spade, and books, hands a book to a young man kneeling before her within circumscription; exergue: crowned coat of arms on oak foliage.
- Reverse
- inscription within oak wreath and circumscription; rim inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Bataafsche Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, penning uitgereikt aan Cornelis Hogendoorn
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3143
- 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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