Opening van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten te Antwerpen, Francois Ignace Baetes, 1890

Identification

Title(s)

Opening van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten te Antwerpen

Object type

history medal

Object number

NG-179-1

Inscriptions / marks

circumscription: ‘STAD ANTWERPEN’
signature: ‘F. BAETES . FEC.’
circumscription: ‘MUSEUM VAN SCHOONE KUNSTEN’
inscription: ‘PLECHTIG GEOPEND OP 11 OOGST 1890’

Description

Bronzen penning. Voorzijde: gekroond wapenschild van Antwerpen, omhangen met bladerloof, geflankeerd door half naakte man en vrouw met knots over schouder binnen omschrift. Keerzijde: gezicht op gevel van museum binnen omschrift; afsnede: opschrift.

Creation

Artist

Francois Ignace Baetes

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1890

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Technique

striking (metalworking)

Measurements

diameter 6.7 cm × weight 107.78 gr

Subject

When

1890-08-11 - 1890-08-11

Where

Antwerp

Who

Museum van Schoone Kunsten (Antwerpen)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

Mar-1951

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

See the provenance for NG-179.

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

Is part of

Opening van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten te Antwerpen (NG-179)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.663323

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