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Academy of Drawing, Architecture and Navigation in Groningen, medal awarded to Rutgerus van Troijen
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Academy of Drawing, Architecture and Navigation in Groningen, medal awarded to Rutgerus van Troijen

David van der Kellen (1764-1825) · 1806 · striking (metalworking); engraving; silver (metal)

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

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Silver medal. Obverse: helmeted Minerva holds a shield above a bust, against which rests a palette with brushes; she stands on a pedestal with an inscription and coat of arms, and above a globe on which a telescope is mounted and against which a plumb line rests; with her other hand she offers a number of medals to a winged boy with a flame on his head, who empties a sacrificial bowl over a burning tripod; behind the boy, a plank against a truncated column within an inscription; edge: inscription. Reverse: inscription within an oak wreath.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAcademie van Teeken-, Bouw- en Zeevaardkunde te Groningen, penning toegekend aan Rutgerus van Troijen. 1806. David van der Kellen (1764-1825). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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