Prium, King of Troy (obverse); Troy with Galleys in Harbor (reverse)
Alessandro Cesati, called Il Grechetto, Italian, 1538 - 1564
mid 16th century
Bronze
Overall: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/8 in. (3.4 × 3.4 × 0.3 cm)
Weight: 18 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Wallace D. Bradway, Class of 1947
2022.19.21
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Male Profile, facing right, inscribed around (in greek): BASILIUS PRIAMUS
Provenance
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, New York, New York; Sotheby's, "European Works of Art from the Private Collection and Gallery of the Blumka Estate," New York, 10 January 1996, lot 349; sold to Wallace D. Bradway, New Haven, Connecticut, 1996; given to present collection, 2022.
Catalogue Raisonne
Kress 369
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