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Danish medal awarded to prominent scientists and artists From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ingenio et arti (from Latin: For Science and Art)[1] is a Danish medal awarded to prominent Danish and foreign scientists and artists.[2] The honour, a personal award of the Monarch, was instituted by King Christian VIII in 1841,[3] and could be awarded to women as well as men.
Ingenio et arti | |
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Type | Award medal |
Awarded for | Awarded to artists (musicians, painters, actors and scientists) who have done extremely noteworthy work. |
Country | Denmark |
Presented by | Frederik X |
Post-nominals | M.i.&a. |
Status | Currently awarded |
Established | 31 August 1841 |
First awarded | 1 December 1841 |
Last awarded | 2021 |
Total | 167 |
The reverse shows The Genius of Light, engraved after the 1841 plaster relief by Bertel Thorvaldsen.[4]
The medal is awarded irregularly,[1] on average less than twice per year,[3] and was most recently (as of May 2021[update]) awarded to John Neumeier after the première of his ballet Mahler's 3rd Symphony on 19 May 2021[5] at the Copenhagen Opera House.[6]
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