Sir Henry Stanley, Brits ontdekkingsreiziger, penning geslagen op last van de raad, de Royal Geographic Society en de Kamer van Koophandel van Antwerpen, Francois Ignace Baetes, 1890

Identification

Title(s)

Sir Henry Stanley, Brits ontdekkingsreiziger, penning geslagen op last van de raad, de Royal Geographic Society en de Kamer van Koophandel van Antwerpen

Object type

Object number

NG-186

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘STAD ANTWERPEN’
signature: ‘F. BAETES . FEC.’
inscription: ‘TO HENRY STANLEY APRIL 1890’
circumscription: ‘THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL - THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY - AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF ANTWERP’

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: opschrift onder stralende ster binnen lauwerkrans en omschrift.

Creation

Artist

Francois Ignace Baetes

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1890

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Technique

striking (metalworking)

Measurements

diameter 6.7 cm × weight 1378 gr

Subject

When

1890-04 - 1890-04

Where

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

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