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Beginning of the Year 1762
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Beginning of the Year 1762

Johan George Holtzhey · 1762 · 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: genius tries to place a statue of Peace with olive branch in hand on a pillar, to which a coat of arms with double-headed, crowned eagle is attached, He is held back by an original inhabitant of America, armed with arrow and bow. At the foot of the pillar two coats of arms and an anchor within inscription; margin: year.

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Credit lineAanvang van het jaar 1762. 1762. Johan George Holtzhey. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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