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Prize Medal of the Schools
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Prize Medal of the Schools

anonymous · 1743 · striking (metalworking); engraving; gold (metal)

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

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Gold medal. Obverse: young man with a laurel wreath holds a cornucopia full of money; in the background a tree, next to him a pile of scientific instruments within an inscription; section: date. Reverse: Wisdom sitting next to an olive tree, pointing upwards with her finger, next to her a cherub with an open book illuminated by heavenly light within an inscription; section: inscription.

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Credit linePrijspenning der scholen. 1743. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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