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Unrest in the Netherlands

Johannes Michiel Lageman · 1786 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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

About this work

Silver medal. Obverse: Liberty with a starry wreath above her head and a liberty cap on a spear sits on a pedestal; she is threatened by a naked man with a drawn sword, representing Tyranny; at the foot of the pedestal lies an exhausted Dutch maiden within a border; section: signature. Reverse: inscription under a liberty cap, on which lie a sword, whip, adder, yoke and mask.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

history medal

Credit lineOnrust in de Nederlanden. 1786. Johannes Michiel Lageman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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