Curators of the Groningen Academy, medal awarded to the students who marched out
Also known as: Curatoren der Groningse hogeschool, penning uitgereikt aan de uitgetrokken studenten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1831
Bronze medal. Obverse: couchant lion within circumscription; exergue: signature. Reverse: inscription inside oak and laurel branch tied into a wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3665; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.5 cm x weight 18.29 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 18.29 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 18.29 g
Design
- Obverse
- couchant lion within circumscription; exergue: signature.
- Reverse
- inscription inside oak and laurel branch tied into a wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Curatoren der Groningse hogeschool, penning uitgereikt aan de uitgetrokken studenten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3665
- Museum classification
- erepenning
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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