Medal with inscription "RIP"
Also known as: Penning met opschrift "RIP"
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1650 - c. 1750
Lead medal. Obverse: hovering angel above coat of arms in cartouche. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-197-A; its record gives material recorded as lead (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 3.8 cm x weight 27.84 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- lead (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 27.84 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 27.84 g
Design
- Obverse
- hovering angel above coat of arms in cartouche.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning met opschrift "RIP"
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-20-197-A
- Museum classification
- medal · funeral token
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.