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Drawing Academy 'Hierdoor tot Hooger' in Rotterdam, medal of the second size
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Drawing Academy 'Hierdoor tot Hooger' in Rotterdam, second-size medal, 1820. Bronze medal. Obverse: seated woman with a flame on her head, representing Drawing Art, drawing on a canvas held on her knees; before her a rooster, behind her a compass and set square, leaning against a truncated column on which a burning lamp stands within an inscription; section: inscription. Reverse: blank field within a wreath of myrtle branches.
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Credit lineTekenakademie 'Hierdoor tot Hooger' te Rotterdam, penning van de tweede grootte. 1820. Adriaan Bemme. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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