De Muelenaere and Villain XIIII excluded from the States General, medal funded by Belgian money
Also known as: De Muelenaere en Villain XIIII uit de Staten-Generaal geweerd, penning uit Belgisch geld bekostigd
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1829
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of two men within a two-line circumscription. Reverse: altar, against which rests an open book with an inscription; above it two clasped hands emerging from clouds, jointly holding a bundle of ten arrows under a cap of liberty within a circumscription; exergue: inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3550; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4 cm x weight 34.73 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4 cm x weight 34.73 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4 cm x weight 34.73 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of two men within a two-line circumscription.
- Reverse
- altar, against which rests an open book with an inscription; above it two clasped hands emerging from clouds, jointly holding a bundle of ten arrows under a cap of liberty within a circumscription; exergue: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- De Muelenaere en Villain XIIII uit de Staten-Generaal geweerd, penning uit Belgisch geld bekostigd
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3550
- Museum classification
- history 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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