Production of the "Catalogue ou Description de la collection de medailles de J.J. Becker Bz.", medal in gold awarded to I.P. Six, H.C. Milies, O. Keer and C.I.S. Tetterode
Also known as: Vervaardiging van de "Catalogue ou Description de la collection de medailles de J.J. Becker Bz.", penning in goud uitgereikt aan I.P. Six, H.C. Milies, O. Keer en C.I.S. Tetterode
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1854
Bronze medal. Obverse: Numismatics, personified as a woman, sits at a table on which medals, books and an oil lamp stand; in left hand she holds a medal, in right hand a pen with which she writes on a piece of paper; behind her a dish filled with medals and an antique vase; exergue: signature.
Reverse: inscription under rosette within laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4062; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 35.85 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 4.1 cm x weight 35.85 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 35.85 g
Design
- Obverse
- Numismatics, personified as a woman, sits at a table on which medals, books and an oil lamp stand; in left hand she holds a medal, in right hand a pen with which she writes on a piece of paper; behind her a dish filled with medals and an antique vase; exergue: signature.
- Reverse
- inscription under rosette within laurel wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Vervaardiging van de "Catalogue ou Description de la collection de medailles de J.J. Becker Bz.", penning in goud uitgereikt aan I.P. Six, H.C. Milies, O. Keer en C.I.S. Tetterode
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4062
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.