Graduation with the hood, medal presented by the burgomasters of Leiden to those who graduated from the University
Also known as: Promotie met de kap, penning door de burgemeesters van Leiden geschonken aan degenen die slaagden aan de Universiteit
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1650 - 1700
Silver medal. Obverse: helmeted Minerva with spear in left hand and accompanied by an owl, holds in outstretched right hand a paper [?], upon which lies a hat and a medal on a chain; below an empty cartouche within a circumscription.
Reverse: lion with drawn sword and crowned coat of arms in hands above a cartouche with inscription within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-409; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.3 cm x weight 35.68 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.3 cm x weight 35.68 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.3 cm x weight 35.68 g
Design
- Obverse
- helmeted Minerva with spear in left hand and accompanied by an owl, holds in outstretched right hand a paper [?], upon which lies a hat and a medal on a chain; below an empty cartouche within a circumscription.
- Reverse
- lion with drawn sword and crowned coat of arms in hands above a cartouche with inscription within a circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Promotie met de kap, penning door de burgemeesters van Leiden geschonken aan degenen die slaagden aan de Universiteit
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-409
- Museum classification
- erepenning · copy
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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