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Council Medal of the City of 's-Hertogenbosch
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Council Medal of the City of 's-Hertogenbosch

Theodorus Casparus van Berckel · 1706 · 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: view of the city from the south under a banner with inscription; in the foreground: St. Antonieschans and the road; to the right: a small boat; at the base: date. Reverse: open book on an altar, whose base supports a crowned coat of arms, illuminated by an all-seeing eye in a radiant halo; to the left of the altar: Justice, holding a sword and scales above a small tree in her right hand and a palm branch in her left; to the right: Industry, gazing heavenward, with a beehive in her left hand and her left foot resting on a spade leaning against a small tree, within an inscription; at the base: monogram of the letters S and C.

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vroedschapspenningDen Bosch
Credit lineVroedschapspenning van de stad 's-Hertogenbosch. 1706. Theodorus Casparus van Berckel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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