Vertrek van baron Van Imhoff, gouverneur van Nederlands Oost Indië 1742 1742

This 1742 silver medal, "Vertrek van baron Van Imhoff, gouverneur van Nederlands Oost Indië 1742", was created by Martin Holtzhey to commemorate the departure of Baron Van Imhoff, governor of the Dutch East Indies. The obverse features a portrait of the baron in a Baroque style, while the reverse depicts Van Imhoff being granted authority by a personified "East Indies" to govern. This commemorative medal is a fine example of 18th-century Dutch medallic art and offers a glimpse into colonial history and Dutch artistic practices of the era.