Medal on the Peace of Münster
Also known as: PEnning over de Vrede van Munster
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1650
Gilt silver medal, pierced. Obverse: Peace with olive branch and cornucopia and Justice with scales and sword kiss each other; above them an angel with two laurel wreaths; in the background a view of the city within an inscription.
Reverse: inscription in Gothic lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-817; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), gild; measurements diameter 5.9 cm x weight 50.26 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
- gilding (material), silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), gild
- Measurements
- diameter 5.9 cm x weight 50.26 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.9 cm x weight 50.26 g
Design
- Obverse
- Peace with olive branch and cornucopia and Justice with scales and sword kiss each other; above them an angel with two laurel wreaths; in the background a view of the city within an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription in Gothic lettering.
Identification
- Original title
- PEnning over de Vrede van Munster
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-817
- Museum classification
- medal · 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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