Possibly Diamante de' Medici, Wife of Giovanni Capponi [obverse]

second half 15th century

Anonymous Artist

Medalist

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Andrew M. Brown

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2005.137.1.a

Associated Artworks

Enclosure and a Bird of Prey above [reverse]

Anonymous Artist

1450


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Astarte, Lugano, 26-27 November 2004, no. 2220); Andrew M. Brown, Anchorage; gift 2005 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Hill, George Francis. A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance before Cellini. 2 vols. London, 1930: no. 1052.

Inscriptions

around circumference: .DIAM ANTE.

Wikidata ID

Q63863496


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