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.
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]
^ ab"For videnskab og kunst medaljen Ingenio et arti" [For science and art: the Ingenio et Arti medal]. Litterære priser, medaljer, legater mv [Literary prizes, medals, scholarships, etc] (in Danish). litteraturpriser.dk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010. List of recipients. Self-published, but with references
^ abcdef"Medals". Official site. Danmarks Nationalbank. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010.
^ ab"Ingenio et Arti". SkibDen.dk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Online medal-database of medals from the Kingdom of Denmark. Self-published.
^Durholm, Emilie Boe Bierlich. "Bertha Wegmann 1847–1926". Hirschsprung Museum. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. [In 1892 Bertha Wegmann] became one of the first women to receive the Gold Medal of merit Ingenio et Arti. An example of an early female recipient.
^Høgel, Sten (2003). "Ulrich, Emilie". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (online ed.). Copenhagen: KVINFO. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^Remar, Dorte (27 December 2013). "Alting hænger så vidunderligt sammen" [Everything fits together so wonderfully]. Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 25 January 2014.
"Denmark". World Orders and Medals (in Danish). ordersandmedals.net. Retrieved 5 September 2010. Provides details including pictures of obverse and reverse with ribbon of Ingenio et Arti medals awarded to actress Anna Bloch in 1910, sculptor Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen in 1927 and actress Clara Pontoppidan in 1931. Self-published. Navigation in English.