Royal family, medal presented by Auguste François Michaut
Also known as: Koninklijke familie, penning aangeboden door Auguste Francois Michaut
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1820
Bronze medal. Obverse: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two crowned lions above an order of knighthood and a pennant with inscription; background: ermine mantle. Reverse: medallion with bust of a man within circumscription and flower wreath, surrounded by six medallions with busts of three men, two women, and two children (together in one medallion), all within circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3430; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.4 cm x weight 84.68 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.4 cm x weight 84.68 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.4 cm x weight 84.68 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms, flanked by two crowned lions above an order of knighthood and a pennant with inscription; background: ermine mantle.
- Reverse
- medallion with bust of a man within circumscription and flower wreath, surrounded by six medallions with busts of three men, two women, and two children (together in one medallion), all within circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Koninklijke familie, penning aangeboden door Auguste Francois Michaut
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3430
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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