Civil Architectural Construction Department of the Drawing School of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, medal awarded to R. Kroon
Also known as: Afdeling Burgerbouwkundige Constructie van de Tekenschool van de Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, penning uitgereikt aan R. Kroon
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1846
Bronze medal. Obverse: Art, depicted as a woman seated beside a column with a crowned coat of arms on its base, holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand; beside her a filled cornucopia; at her feet a palette with brushes, pair of compasses, sculptor's mallet and burin; exergue: year.
Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3955; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 5.1 cm x weight 55.38 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), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 5.1 cm x weight 55.38 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.1 cm x weight 55.38 g
Design
- Obverse
- Art, depicted as a woman seated beside a column with a crowned coat of arms on its base, holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand; beside her a filled cornucopia; at her feet a palette with brushes, pair of compasses, sculptor's mallet and burin; exergue: year.
- Reverse
- inscription within a laurel wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Afdeling Burgerbouwkundige Constructie van de Tekenschool van de Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, penning uitgereikt aan R. Kroon
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3955
- Museum classification
- award 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.