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Erection of the Congress Monument in the Rue Royale in Brussels, in honor of Leopold I, King of the Belgians
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Bronze medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: from left to right: a seated woman with a laurel wreath in her hair, holding a book in her left hand and a burning oil lamp in her right; two standing women, the left one wearing a sun crown and star on her head and placing her hand on the shoulder of the woman next to her, who holds a goose quill in her right hand and extends her left hand; a seated, crowned woman with a bundle of rods and a banner; in the background a pillar within an inscription; margin: dating and signature.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOprichting van het Congresmonument in de Rue Royale te Brussel, ter ere van Leopold I, koning der Belgen. 1859. Leopold Wiener. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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