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Solemn Celebration of the Closing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau with France at Rotterdam
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Silver medal. Obverse: an inattentive woman with a bundle of arrows in her hand, representing the Netherlands, sits on a throne and does not notice the approaching (English) unicorn and the (Austrian) eagle; she is protected by a hand from the clouds with a lily shield within a border. Reverse: Mercury has set his staff against a pillar, to which he hangs two coats of arms with a ribbon within a border; section; inscription.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSluiting van verdrag van Fontainebleau met Frankrijk plechtig te Rotterdam gevierd. 1786. Johannes Josephus van Baerll. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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