'Hierdoor tot Hooger' Drawing Academy in Rotterdam, medal of the first size
Also known as: Tekenakademie 'Hierdoor tot Hooger' te Rotterdam, penning van de eerste grootte
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1820
'Hierdoor tot Hooger' Drawing Academy in Rotterdam, medal of the first size, 1820. Bronze medal. Obverse: seated woman with flame on her head, representing the Art of Drawing, drawing on canvas that she holds on her knees; before her a rooster, behind her pair of compasses and set square, leaning against a truncated column on which stands a burning lamp, within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: blank field within a wreath of olive branches. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-15; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.2 cm x weight 58.7 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.2 cm x weight 58.7 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.2 cm x weight 58.7 g
Design
- Obverse
- seated woman with flame on her head, representing the Art of Drawing, drawing on canvas that she holds on her knees; before her a rooster, behind her pair of compasses and set square, leaning against a truncated column on which stands a burning lamp, within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- blank field within a wreath of olive branches.
Identification
- Original title
- Tekenakademie 'Hierdoor tot Hooger' te Rotterdam, penning van de eerste grootte
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-15
- 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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