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Admission of the Salzburg emigrants into the Netherlands
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Admission of the Salzburg emigrants into the Netherlands

Martinus Holtzhey · 1733 · 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: the Dutch maiden with a coat of arms and a liberty cap on a spear sits between an ox and a merchant ship within an inscription. Reverse: illuminated by heavenly light, the Netherlands, depicted as a helmeted woman with a shield of the seven provinces, protects a kneeling man holding a staff and hat in his hand, with a woman and child behind him, while she points with her other hand to an altar upon which lie a Bible and a liberty cap; behind the altar stand Religion with a flame on her head and Charity, who scatters money on the altar; at the foot of the altar lies the Dutch lion with a bundle of arrows within an inscription; cut-off: inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOpname der Salzburger emigranten in Nederland. 1733. Martinus Holtzhey. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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