Eleventh winter exhibition of the Société d'Horticulture in Liège, medal awarded as second prize to Bertrand Collette for an azalea indica phaenica
Also known as: Elfde wintertentoonstelling van de Societe d'Horticulture te Luik, penning als tweede prijs uitgereikt aan Bertrand Collette voor een azalea indica phaenica
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1837
Bronze medal. Obverse: woman with a flower wreath in her hair, representing Flora, leaning against a column while holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand and a palm branch in her left hand; at her feet a basket with flowers; behind her a spade among plants within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: inscription within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-77; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.4 cm x weight 353 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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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.4 cm x weight 353 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.4 cm x weight 353 g
Design
- Obverse
- woman with a flower wreath in her hair, representing Flora, leaning against a column while holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand and a palm branch in her left hand; at her feet a basket with flowers; behind her a spade among plants within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Elfde wintertentoonstelling van de Societe d'Horticulture te Luik, penning als tweede prijs uitgereikt aan Bertrand Collette voor een azalea indica phaenica
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-77
- 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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