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Suppression of the Spreekers' Riot in Amsterdam, medal awarded to the armed citizens
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Suppression of the Spreekers' Riot in Amsterdam, medal awarded to the armed citizens

Jan Boskam · 1696 · 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: Neptune with trident standing on his chariot in a stormy sea angrily punishes the released stormwinds, in the foreground two birds threatening to fall out of a nest within an inscription. Reverse: two birds in a nest on a calm sea, while the sun rises under a pennant with an inscription; section: year.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineStillen van het aansprekersoproer te Amsterdam, penning aan de gewapende burgers vereerd. 1696. Jan Boskam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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