Exhibition in Haarlem, medal for Dutch industry
Also known as: Tentoonstelling te Haarlem, penning voor de Nederlandse nijverheid
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1820 - 1825
Silver medal. Obverse: crowned woman, representing the Netherlands, seated on a throne under an orange tree against which a filled cornucopia rests, resting her left hand on a coat of arms and holding a wreath with her right hand above the head of a nude winged young man carrying a beehive, within circumscription; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: blank field within a wreath of olive branches. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3500; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.8 cm x weight 108.26 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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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.8 cm x weight 108.26 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.8 cm x weight 108.26 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned woman, representing the Netherlands, seated on a throne under an orange tree against which a filled cornucopia rests, resting her left hand on a coat of arms and holding a wreath with her right hand above the head of a nude winged young man carrying a beehive, within circumscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- blank field within a wreath of olive branches.
Identification
- Original title
- Tentoonstelling te Haarlem, penning voor de Nederlandse nijverheid
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3500
- 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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