Silver prize medal of the Amsterdam Poetry and Letters Society, 1784, 55 mm. The front shows a poet at an altar with a cherub above, across a cherub plays a harp and another has a book under its arm and holds an oil lamp for another cherub writing in a book. A hand with compass descends from Heaven and symbolizes the motto "We strive for perfection". The reverse allows room for the name of the prize winner.
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Jean George Holtzhey</div>
1784<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
Photo taken 2011-12-23 12:45:17 by AlfvanBeem in Teylers Museum