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Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam
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Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam

anonymous · 1600 - 1699 · plaquettepenning; casting; drijven; silver (metal)

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

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Silver guild medal. Obverse: Death, depicted as a skeleton, turned to the left with an hourglass in the left hand and a scythe in the right hand; around the shoulders: flowing mantle; in the background pyramids and a city. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions above an empty cartouche.

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medalAmsterdam
Credit lineChirurgijnsgilde te Amsterdam. 1600 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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