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Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Relief of Alkmaar
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Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Relief of Alkmaar

Johannes Michiel Lageman · 1773 · 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: illuminated by heavenly light, crowned woman, representing the city of Alkmaar with coat of arms, sitting next to a coat of arms standard, raises sword with two laurel wreaths; meanwhile she tramples the prostrate Violence with her feet within an inscription; truncation: inscription. Reverse: Religion, depicted as a veiled woman, leans with her arm on an altar, on which a book lies; with an engraving pen she writes on a pillar around which two serpent rings hang within an inscription; truncation: inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineTweehonderdste verjaardag van het ontzet van Alkmaar. 1773. Johannes Michiel Lageman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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