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Two medals on the inauguration of the new town hall of Amsterdam, 1655
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Two medals on the inauguration of the new town hall of Amsterdam, 1655

anonymous · 1655 · engraving; paper

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

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Two medals on the inauguration of the new town hall of Amsterdam, 1655. Depiction in a frame with both sides of the first medal and one side of the second medal. First medal: obverse: Mercury with staff and liberty cap above the new town hall; in the foreground Amphion playing the lyre. Reverse: Amsterdam city maiden with imperial crown sitting in a garden between two lions each holding three coats of arms, in the background a view of Amsterdam on the IJ, above it three cherubs with flags and trumpets illuminated by heavenly light, within a border of sixty coats of arms. Second medal: the ship Argo, in the background a view of Amsterdam on the IJ within a border with inscription and crowned coat of arms. Marked bottom left: Fig. 86.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineTwee penningen op de inwijding van het nieuwe stadhuis van Amsterdam, 1655. 1655. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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