Medal awarded to Christaan Pit by the City of Leiden on the occasion of the defense of his dissertation at the University of Leiden on November 28, 1674 (so-called promotion with the hood), Minted round gold medal with link in the eye, vz: standing woman (goddess Minerva) with helmet and lance, over whose outstretched right arm is hanging a garment and who is holding a hat (hood) with his right hand and on whose feet is an owl, with an inscription and text engraved on the bottom, kz: standing (Dutch) lion with head turned to viewer, holding scimitar up in right front leg and holding crowned
Medal awarded to Christaan Pit by the City of Leiden on the occasion of the defense of his dissertation at the University of Leiden on November 28, 1674 (so-called promotion with the hood), Minted round gold medal with link in the eye, vz: standing woman (goddess Minerva) with helmet and lance, over whose outstretched right arm is hanging a garment and who is holding a hat (hood) with his right hand and on whose feet is an owl, with an inscription and text engraved on the bottom, kz: standing (Dutch) lion with head turned to viewer, holding scimitar up in right front leg and holding crowned coat of arms with two crossed keys (Leiden) with left front leg, with text and underneath text, Leiden, University of Leiden, Christiaan Pit, Arent Schmeltzing, 1671, gold (metal), striking (metalworking), d cm × h cm × w gr
Size: 3266px × 3766px
Location:
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 28, 1671, 1674, arent, arm, arms, awarded, bottom, christaan, christiaan, city, coat, crossed, crowned, defense, dissertation, dutch, engraved, eye, feet, front, garment, goddess, gold, hand, hanging, hat, head, helmet, holding, hood, inscription, keys, kz, lance, left, leg, leiden, link, lion, medal, metal, minerva, minted, november, occasion, outstretched, owl, pit, promotion, schmeltzing, scimitar, standing, text, turned, university, viewer, vz, woman
