Storm and Flood in 1776
Also titled Storm en overstroming in 1776
Johannes Michiel Lageman (Amsterdam, 1735–1809)
1776
- Medium
- silver (metal)
- Classification
- history medal
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 6.41 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
Flood Disaster Medals. Much of the Netherlands lies below sea level. The threat of flooding is thus ever-present. Dikes, dams and polders were created to control the water. Still, these safety measures sometimes failed. Each century witnessed disastrous floods, with levees breaching and the countryside being inundated. The North Sea Flood of 1953 led to the construction of the Delta Works. Thanks to this major intervention the country has since remained dry.
