Prize medal of the city drawing academy in Amsterdam, ca. 1765-1780, Prize medal awarded by the city drawing academy (Teeken-Academie) in Amsterdam, ca. 1765-1780. On the obverse the Drawing Art, depicted as a woman with a flame on her head, sits on a stone with pen and drawing board in her hands opposite an Egyptian statue, which she measures in her eye with a compass. Reverse: laurel wreath and inscription., print, print maker: Harmanus Vinkeles, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1765 - 1780, paper, etching, engraving, height

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