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Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, medal awarded to Edze Rienks Zoutman

Also known as: Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, penning uitgereikt aan Edze Rienks Zoutman

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1806 - 1824

Silver medal. Obverse: helmeted Minerva with lance and shield, seated under a tree in which an owl perches, amid a chest, barrel, plow, spade, and books, presenting 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-1-3485; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.9 cm x weight 22.47 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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Physical characteristics

Material
silver (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking), engraving
Measurements
diameter 3.9 cm x weight 22.47 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 3.9 cm x weight 22.47 g

Design

Obverse
helmeted Minerva with lance and shield, seated under a tree in which an owl perches, amid a chest, barrel, plow, spade, and books, presenting 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
Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, penning uitgereikt aan Edze Rienks Zoutman
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-1-3485
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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