Gerardus Vrolik, fifty years professor of medicine at the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam, medal struck by order of his sons and sons-in-law
Also known as: Gerardus Vrolik, vijftig jaar professor in de geneeskunde aan het Athenaeum Illustre te Amsterdam, penning geslagen op last van zijn zonen en schoonzonen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1846
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: inscription within a tied wreath of oak and ivy branches. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3944; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.7 cm x weight 73.39 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
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.7 cm x weight 73.39 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.7 cm x weight 73.39 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within a tied wreath of oak and ivy branches.
Identification
- Original title
- Gerardus Vrolik, vijftig jaar professor in de geneeskunde aan het Athenaeum Illustre te Amsterdam, penning geslagen op last van zijn zonen en schoonzonen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3944
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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