Drawing School in Ghent, medal awarded to the pupil J. Steyaert
Also known as: Tekenschool te Gent, penning uitgereikt aan de kwekeling J. Steyaert
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1822
Silver medal with suspension loop. Obverse: Minerva with inverted cornucopia and wreath in outstretched right hand, sits before an altar whose pedestal bears a crowned coat of arms; at her feet: compass, set square, roll of paper, painter's palette with brushes, and hammer; behind her: bust; exergue: year. Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-27; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 5.2 cm x diameter 4.7 cm x weight 43.11 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 5.2 cm x diameter 4.7 cm x weight 43.11 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.2 cm x diameter 4.7 cm x weight 43.11 g
Design
- Obverse
- Minerva with inverted cornucopia and wreath in outstretched right hand, sits before an altar whose pedestal bears a crowned coat of arms; at her feet: compass, set square, roll of paper, painter's palette with brushes, and hammer; behind her: bust; exergue: year.
- Reverse
- inscription within a laurel wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Tekenschool te Gent, penning uitgereikt aan de kwekeling J. Steyaert
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-27
- Museum classification
- award medal
Catalogue references
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Research required
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