Netherlands Historical Medal N.D (1800) the unveiling of the Jheronimus Bosch statue, by Jac. J. van Goor aUNC

Netherlands, ’s-Hertogenbosch, 1930 — Medal commemorating the unveiling of the Jheronimus Bosch statue, by Jac. J. van Goor

Obverse

Almost facing bust of Jheronimus Bosch, wearing a soft cap and buttoned garment. A small signature beneath the truncation is not fully legible in the photograph.

Legend: JHERONIMUS · BOSCH · OBIIT · SILVAE · DUCIS · 1516, with a cross below.

Reverse

The historical arms of ’s-Hertogenbosch within an elaborate ornamental framework: an uprooted tree above water, a quartered shield with four lions at the upper left, and a complete double-headed eagle in the chief, bearing a small shield on its breast. A cross-shaped ornament below.

Legend: STANDBEELD · ONTHULD · 17 · JUNI · 1930

Specifications
- Material: Silver?
- Weight: 87,65 g.
- Diameter: 60 mm.
- Thickness: 2,8 mm at the edge; maximum 5,8 mm over the relief.
- Medallist: Jacob Jan van Goor.
- Date: 1930.
- References: Koninklijke Begeer, Penningen geslagen of gegoten in de jaren 1880–1935, III, no. 397.


Issued to commemorate the unveiling of August Falise’s statue of Jheronimus Bosch in ’s-Hertogenbosch on 17 June 1930. According to H.J.M. Ebeling’s contemporary account, Mayor F.J. van Lanschot initiated the medal, and examples were distributed to guests at the municipal luncheon accompanying the unveiling. The portrait followed a drawing preserved at Arras, then regarded as a supposed self-portrait. jaarboekvoormuntenpenningkunde.nl

Ebeling records an original production of 350 bronze, ten silver and one gold example. At 87,65 g, this specimen is approximately 22% heavier than the Rijksmuseum’s bronze example of the same diameter, weighing 71.79 g. This supports consideration of a silver attribution, but does not establish it:

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