Object data
silver
diameter 5.5 cm × weight 68.68 gr
Jacob Samuel Cohen Elion
Medal
Amsterdam, 1866
Inscriptions
- signature, obverse: J. ELION. F.
- inscription, reverse: ALGEM. TENTOONSTELLING VAN NEDERL. NIJVERHEID EN KUNST / 1866 // PALEIS / VOOR / VOLKSVLIJT / TE / AMSTERDAM
- inscription, on the edge: DEPARTEMENT VAN MARINE
Provenance
...; Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1866;1 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1212
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Silver medal with on recto a woman with a star above her head and a torch in her left hand, representing Art, leading a winged woman with beehive in her right hand, representing Industry; on verso the inscription and laurels are depicted.
The Department of the Navy received this medal for its participation in the Algemene Tentoonstelling van Nederlandsche Nijverheid en Kunst (Dutch Art and Industry Exhibition) held at the Paleis voor Volksvlijt in Amsterdam in 1866.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1212; T.M. Eliens, Kunst - Nijverheid - Kunstnijverheid, Zutphen 1990, p.81, fig. 55
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Jacob Samuel Cohen Elion, Medal, Amsterdam, 1866', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.235088
(accessed 23 November 2024 20:48:55).