Pictura Drawing Academy in The Hague, medal awarded as third prize, in honour of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland
Also known as: Tekenakademie Pictura te 's-Gravenhage, penning uitgereikt als derde prijs, ter ere van Lodewijk-Napoleon, koning van Holland
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1808-01-03
Silver medal. Obverse: woman with laurel wreath and half-unrolled sheet of paper in hands, seated on a block of stone within a circumscription; exergue: inscription. Reverse: helmeted coat of arms, draped with the orders of the Légion d'honneur and of the Union; on either side a hand with a sword: behind it an ermine cloak beneath a crown within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-5; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.4 cm x weight 44.85 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.4 cm x weight 44.85 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.4 cm x weight 44.85 g
Design
- Obverse
- woman with laurel wreath and half-unrolled sheet of paper in hands, seated on a block of stone within a circumscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- helmeted coat of arms, draped with the orders of the Légion d'honneur and of the Union; on either side a hand with a sword: behind it an ermine cloak beneath a crown within a circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Tekenakademie Pictura te 's-Gravenhage, penning uitgereikt als derde prijs, ter ere van Lodewijk-Napoleon, koning van Holland
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-5
- Museum classification
- medal · 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.