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First centenary of the almshouse for orphans in Amsterdam, 1766
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First centenary of the almshouse for orphans in Amsterdam, 1766

Johan George Holtzhey · 1766 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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

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Silver medal. Obverse: under a tree, from which hangs a shield with inscription and whose trunk is wrapped with a ribbon with inscription, sits a woman; next to her stands an inverted horn of plenty against the tree, from which grain, grapes, money, and a torch roll; in the foreground lies a child on the ground, covered by the woman with a veil; to the right, two weeping children illuminated by an all-seeing eye in a radiant triangle within a legend; field: inscription. Reverse: crowned shield surrounded by fourteen shields of regents and regentesses of the orphanage, tied with ribbons, within a legend.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineEerste eeuwfeest van het aalmoezeniersweeshuis te Amsterdam 1766. 1766. Johan George Holtzhey. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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