Grootkruis van de Koninklijke Orde van Holland van I.J.A. Gogel

Martin Guillaume Biennais, c. 1807 - c. 1808

Decorations and medals, 1806-1813. King Louis Napoleon instituted two national orders: the Order of Merit, with the motto 'do well and do not look back', and the Order of the Union, with the motto 'luctor et emergo'. A year later the two orders were merged to form the Royal Order of Holland, renamed the Royal Order of the Union after 1808. Instead of the king's head, the medal showed a bundle of arrows. When the Netherlands was annexed by France in 1810, Emperor Napoleon introduced the Order of Reunion to replace the Order of the Union. These decorations were originally awarded to I.J.A. Gogel, who served for many years as minister of finance.

  • Artwork typedraagteken, ordeteken
  • Object numberNG-NM-12192-A
  • Dimensionslength 19 cm, length 10 cm x diameter 6.8 cm

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Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug

Martin Guillaume Biennais, c. 1817

Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug

Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug

Martin Guillaume Biennais, c. 1817

Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug

Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug

Martin Guillaume Biennais, c. 1817

Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Grootkruis van de Koninklijke Orde van Holland van I.J.A. Gogel

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-NM-12192-A

  • Description

    Ordeteken bestaande uit een achtpuntige ster met wit geëmailleerde punten waarop pareltje; ertussen bijen, ajour; in het midden een blauwe cirkel met randschriften in goud, daarbinnen in goud in reliëf aan de voorzijde mansportret (Lodewijk Napoleon), hoofd profiel naar links; keerzijde lopende gekroonde leeuw in water. Eén punt van de ster met scharnier bevestigd aan opengewerkte kroontje; bovenaan een horizontaal draaiende draagring met lint.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • edge inscription: ‘DOE WEL EN ZIE NIET OM’
    • edge inscription: ‘LODEWIJK I. KONING VAN HOLLAND’

Creation

  • Creation

    • Martin Guillaume Biennais
    • designer: after Jean Baptiste Isabey, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1807 - c. 1808

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • length 19 cm
    • length 10 cm x diameter 6.8 cm

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1807

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of W.S. Burger, Antwerp

  • Acquisition

    gift 1909

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • 'Les décorations du royaume de Hollande', Carnet de la Sabretache 85, p. 148-158.
    • J. Braat, 'LÓrdre de l'Union et les Ordres Royaux Hollandais', La Cohorte (juni 1968) 19, p. 24-32.
    • Documentatiemap 'Orde van de Unie'.
    • P.W. Pieters, 'De Koninklijke Orde der Unie 1807-1810', Historia VII (1941), p. 93ff.
    • Documentatiemap: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt; diverse archiefstukken van het Nationaal Archief; literatuur.

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