Erection of a statue of the painter Pieter Paul Rubens in Antwerp, medal struck by order of the Chamber of Rhetoric "de Olijftak"
Also known as: Oprichting van een standbeeld voor de schilder Pieter Paul Rubens te Antwerpen, penning geslagen op last van de Rederijkerskamer "de Olijftak"
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1840
Bronze medal. Obverse: monument within an inscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms above an olive branch, beneath inscription within a beaded rim and an inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3840; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 6.8 cm x weight 156.58 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 6.8 cm x weight 156.58 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.8 cm x weight 156.58 g
Design
- Obverse
- monument within an inscription.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms above an olive branch, beneath inscription within a beaded rim and an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Oprichting van een standbeeld voor de schilder Pieter Paul Rubens te Antwerpen, penning geslagen op last van de Rederijkerskamer "de Olijftak"
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3840
- 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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