Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, medal of Joachim Rendorp, curator of the Hortus Medicus
Also known as: Collegium Medicum te Amsterdam, penning van Joachim Rendorp, curator van de hortus medicus
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1786
Silver medal. Obverse: Aesculapius leaning with his right hand on a serpent-entwined staff and his left hand beneath his cloak, standing between two vases with plants on pedestals; in the background the wall of a building within circumscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms between two filled cornucopias above an ointment spatula around which a serpent coils, resting on a pedestal with inscription within circumscription; edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-7-57; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique casting, engraving; measurements diameter 5.7 cm x weight 62.99 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
- casting, engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 5.7 cm x weight 62.99 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.7 cm x weight 62.99 g
Design
- Obverse
- Aesculapius leaning with his right hand on a serpent-entwined staff and his left hand beneath his cloak, standing between two vases with plants on pedestals; in the background the wall of a building within circumscription.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms between two filled cornucopias above an ointment spatula around which a serpent coils, resting on a pedestal with inscription within circumscription; edge lettering.
Identification
- Original title
- Collegium Medicum te Amsterdam, penning van Joachim Rendorp, curator van de hortus medicus
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-7-57
- Museum classification
- medal
Catalogue references
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