City of Brussels, medal presented to Brabant artists
Also known as: Stad Brussel, penning geschonken aan Brabantse kunstenaars
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1838
Bronze medal. Obverse: winged woman with laurel wreath, representing the city of Brussels, seated on a throne against which lean a coat of arms, books, and a scroll with inscription; in her left hand she holds a wreath, in her right a pen with which she writes on a broken column around which a serpent coils; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: burning lamp standing on an altar, around which lie a palette with brushes, lyre, compass, hammer, and manuscripts within a wreath of palm branches. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3818-A; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5 cm x weight 46.48 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5 cm x weight 46.48 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5 cm x weight 46.48 g
Design
- Obverse
- winged woman with laurel wreath, representing the city of Brussels, seated on a throne against which lean a coat of arms, books, and a scroll with inscription; in her left hand she holds a wreath, in her right a pen with which she writes on a broken column around which a serpent coils; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- burning lamp standing on an altar, around which lie a palette with brushes, lyre, compass, hammer, and manuscripts within a wreath of palm branches
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Brussel, penning geschonken aan Brabantse kunstenaars
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3818-A
- Museum classification
- award medal · 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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