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Portrait Medal for the 80th Birthday of Agatha Van Meurs, 1901

  • silver (metal)
  • 53.3 mm
  • Inv. 1911-BI

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This medal was given by Rudolf Lehmann to his former educator Agatha Van Meurs, for her 80th birthday.Rudolf Lehmann was a merchant and the consul general of Greece in Amsterdam. He was a well-known collector of stamps and knighthoods. The piece shows Agatha van Meurs in traditional costume on the front and a dedication engraved on the reverse.

Artist

Jacob Jan Van Goor RKD
Amersfoort 1874 - Zeist 1956
medalistsAAT

Carel Joseph Anton Begeer RKD
Utrecht 1840 - Voorschoten 1879
workshop / studio

Title Portrait Medal for the 80th Birthday of Agatha Van Meurs
Date 1901
Period 20th century
Location Utrecht TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription at the front, along the edge: AGATHA / V. MEURS
inscription and signature on the reverse: TER / HERINNERING / AAN UWEN / 80EN GEBOORTEDAG / OP / 18 NOVEMBER 1901 / DOOR / RUDOLF LEHMANN ) ; B.U.
Collection medals AAT
Object type commemorative medals AAT
Inventory number 1911-BI
Acquisition credit purchase
salon
Brussels
1911
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-BI
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7735/manifest.json
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31D17 old woman Iconclass
41D221(HEADSCARF) head-gear (HEADSCARF) Iconclass
61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass
61BB2(AGATHA VAN MEURS) historical person (AGATHA VAN MEURS) - BB - woman Iconclass
Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles en 1910 : Salon international de la médaille contemporaine... : Groupe II: Beaux-Arts ; Classe 9B: Gravure en médailles (Bruxelles, Palais du Cinquantenaire, 01.05 - 15.11.1910) ; Catalogue / Victor Tourneur. - Bruxelles : Imprimerie A. Lesigne, 1910 (p. 134, Catalogue, nr. 217/7)
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