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Heroic Death of Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk 1831
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Heroic Death of Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk 1831

David van der Kellen (1804-1879) · 1831 · striking (metalworking); bronze (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Bronze medal, obverse: a flying genius with the Dutch flag above the exploding gunboat of Van Speyk, with legend and rim text, reverse: under a star eight lines of text between intertwined oak branches.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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history medal
Credit lineHeldendood van Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk 1831. 1831. David van der Kellen (1804-1879). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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