Medal

Luigi Arnaud (mentioned on object), Luigi Arnaud (mentioned on object), 1871

Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: borststuk en profil van Victor Emanuel II van Italië. Keerzijde: opschrift in een rand versierd met wapentrofeeën, ranken en andere versierselen en omschrift. Met doosje.

  • Artwork typemedal
  • Object numberNG-MC-1376
  • Dimensionsdiameter 4.3 cm x weight 36.62 g
  • Physical characteristicssilver

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Medal

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1376

  • Description

    Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: borststuk en profil van Victor Emanuel II van Italië. Keerzijde: opschrift in een rand versierd met wapentrofeeën, ranken en andere versierselen en omschrift. Met doosje.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, reverse: ‘ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE D'INDUSTRIE MARITTIME IN NAPOLI 1871 // AL DIPARTIMENTO / DELLA MARINA DI OLANDA’
    • inscription, obverse: ‘VITTORIO EMANUELE II RE D'ITALIA’
    • signature, reverse: ‘L. ARNAUD F.’

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Creation

  • Creation

    • medalist: Luigi Arnaud (mentioned on object), France
    • medalist: Luigi Arnaud (mentioned on object), Italy

  • Dating

    1871

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    silver

  • Dimensions

    diameter 4.3 cm x weight 36.62 g

Explanatory note

  • Het Ministerie van Marine ontving deze medaille voor haar deelname aan de tentoonstelling in Napels in 1871.

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  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1871

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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  • Medal
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Luigi Arnaud, Luigi Arnaud

Medal

France, Italy, 1871

Inscriptions

  • inscription, obverse:VITTORIO EMANUELE II RE D'ITALIA
  • inscription, reverse:ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE D'INDUSTRIE MARITTIME IN NAPOLI 1871 // AL DIPARTIMENTO / DELLA MARINA DI OLANDA
  • signature, reverse:L. ARNAUD F.

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1376

Entry

Silver medal with recto in profile the head of king Victor Emanuel II of Italy, and on verso inscriptions in a border with trophies, foliage and other decorations. The medal has a red leather octagonal case (NG-MC-1376-A) with an inscription in gold.

The Department of the Navy received this medal for its participation in the 1871 Esposizione Internazionale d’Industrie Marittime in Naples.1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 6/11/1871 N42.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1376

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Luigi Arnaud or Luigi Arnaud, Medal, France or Italy, 1871', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054249

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 09:29:28 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 6/11/1871 N42.