Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, medal awarded to Herm. van IJzendoorn
Also known as: Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, penning uitgereikt aan Herm. van IJzendoorn
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1859
Silver medal with a hole. Obverse: Society, depicted as a young woman, seated beneath a fruit-bearing orange tree and holding a laurel wreath in her left hand, while scattering flowers with her other hand amidst a small group of people gathered around her; behind the chair: a filled cornucopia; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: inscription within oak wreath and circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4119; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.5 cm x weight 25.34 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.5 cm x weight 25.34 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.5 cm x weight 25.34 g
Design
- Obverse
- Society, depicted as a young woman, seated beneath a fruit-bearing orange tree and holding a laurel wreath in her left hand, while scattering flowers with her other hand amidst a small group of people gathered around her; behind the chair: a filled cornucopia; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within oak wreath and circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, penning uitgereikt aan Herm. van IJzendoorn
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4119
- 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
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