Medal of copper, c. 1600 - c. 1700
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1700
Engraved copper medal. Obverse: standing woman in three-quarter view holds a bird in her raised left hand and an anchor in her right hand; right: part of a plant; left: bird perched on a branch.
Reverse: man turned to the left with a dog on a leash; right: part of a tree; in the field, top: inscription G7L, centre: numeral 5½, below leash: inverted 6 and IL. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-16-109; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique engraving; measurements diameter 3.6 cm x weight 5.47 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 5.47 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 5.47 g
Design
- Obverse
- standing woman in three-quarter view holds a bird in her raised left hand and an anchor in her right hand; right: part of a plant; left: bird perched on a branch.
- Reverse
- man turned to the left with a dog on a leash; right: part of a tree; in the field, top: inscription G7L, centre: numeral 5½, below leash: inverted 6 and IL.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning van koper
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-16-109
- Museum classification
- 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.