Pictura Drawing Society in Dordrecht, medal awarded as second prize, in honour of P. van den Santheuvel-van Driel
Also known as: Tekengenootschap Pictura te Dordrecht, penning uitgereikt als tweede prijs, ter ere van P. van den Santheuvel-van Driel
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1861 - 1862
Bronze medal. Obverse: seated woman in antique dress, representing Pictura, holds in left hand a palette with brushes and with outstretched right hand a laurel wreath above an altar on which stands a burning sacrificial vessel; leaning against chair is a coat of arms within a circumscription; exergue: inscription. Reverse: blank field within a laurel wreath and circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-9; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.1 cm x weight 61.94 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 5.1 cm x weight 61.94 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.1 cm x weight 61.94 g
Design
- Obverse
- seated woman in antique dress, representing Pictura, holds in left hand a palette with brushes and with outstretched right hand a laurel wreath above an altar on which stands a burning sacrificial vessel; leaning against chair is a coat of arms within a circumscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- blank field within a laurel wreath and circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Tekengenootschap Pictura te Dordrecht, penning uitgereikt als tweede prijs, ter ere van P. van den Santheuvel-van Driel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-9
- Museum classification
- award medal
Catalogue references
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Research required
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