Society for the Promotion of Art and Science under the motto "Vooruitgang door Wetenschap", medal awarded by the Department of Drawing to D. van Coppenaal
Also known as: Kunst en Wetenschap bevorderende Maatschappij onder de zinspreuk "Vooruitgang door Wetenschap", penning door het Departement Tekenkunde uitgereikt aan D. van Coppenaal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1830
Silver medal with suspension loop and broken suspension ring. Obverse: letters V and W within an oak wreath. Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-125-A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.4 cm x diameter 3 cm x weight 116 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.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.4 cm x diameter 3 cm x weight 116 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.4 cm x diameter 3 cm x weight 116 g
Design
- Obverse
- letters V and W within an oak wreath.
- Reverse
- inscription within a laurel wreath
Identification
- Original title
- Kunst en Wetenschap bevorderende Maatschappij onder de zinspreuk "Vooruitgang door Wetenschap", penning door het Departement Tekenkunde uitgereikt aan D. van Coppenaal
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-125-A
- Museum classification
- award medal
Catalogue references
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