Opening van het Noordzeekanaal, ter ere van Willem III, koning der Nederlanden, penning geslagen op last van de Amsterdamsche Kanaal Maatschappij, Edouard Louis Geerts, 1876

Identification

Title(s)

Opening van het Noordzeekanaal, ter ere van Willem III, koning der Nederlanden, penning geslagen op last van de Amsterdamsche Kanaal Maatschappij

Object type

history medal

Object number

NG-175-A

Inscriptions / marks

‘OPENING . V.H. NOORDZEEKANAAL . I . NOVEMBER . MDCCCLXXVI’
signature: ‘ED. GEERTS . F.’
‘AMSTERDAMSCHE KANAAL MAATSCHAPPIJ’

Description

Tweezijdige zilveren penning. Voorzijde: borststuk van Willem III binnen omschrift. Keerzijde: vrouw met vrijheidshoed op lans en gehelmde vrouw met vaandel, zittend in boot: het Amsterdamse koggeschip, binnen wimpel met opschrift. Rood leren etui bijbehorend.

Creation

Artist

Place

Brussels

Dating

1876

Material and Technique

Material

silver (metal)

Technique

striking (metalworking)

Measurements

diameter 5.1 cm × weight 384 gr

Subject

When

1876-11-01 - 1876-11-01

Where

Noordzeekanaal

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

Mar-1951

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; first recorded in the museum, 1951.

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Beschrijving der Nederlandsche of op Nederland en Nederlanders betrekking hebbende penningen geslagen van 1864 tot 31 augustus 1899, cat.nr. 395

Persistent URL

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