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Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, Access Medal for the Hortus Medicus
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Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, Access Medal for the Hortus Medicus

Willem de Wijs · 1696 - 1828 · casting; brass (alloy)

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

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Brass medal. Obverse: Aesculapius leaning with his right hand on a staff with a snake and his left hand under his cloak, standing between two vases with plants on a pedestal; in the background, a wall of a building within an inscription. Reverse: A crowned coat of arms between two full cornucopias above an ointment spatula, around which a snake coils, lying on a pedestal within an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCollegium Medicum te Amsterdam, toegangspenning voor de hortus medicus. 1696 - 1828. Willem de Wijs. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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