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Aankomst van Gustaaf Willem, vrijheer van Imhoff, gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands-Indië aan Kaap de Goede Hoop, penning uitgereikt aan genodigden bij een maaltijd aldaar
Martinus Holtzhey (Ulm, 1697–1764)
1743
- Medium
- silver (metal)
- Classification
- history medal
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 8.35 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Medal, after a design by M. Holtzhey, silver, struck in 1743 to mark Governor-General G.W. van Imhoff's visit to the Cape of Good Hope in 1742. Van Imhoff (1705-1750) was travelling to Batavia, the VOC's administrative centre in Asia. There he supervised a review of the bureaucracy in the Company's Asian section. The reformer - 'Herstelder': his nickname and also his ship's name - received a lavish welcome at the Cape, including a banquet. Later, the guests were each given a medal.
