Lucrezia Borgia (obverse); Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (reverse)

Circle of Giancristoforo Romano, Italian, about 1465 - 1512

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about 1502

Bronze

Overall: 2 5/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/2 in. (5.8 × 5.9 × 1.3 cm)

Weight: 115 g (0.3 lb.)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Wallace D. Bradway, Class of 1947

2022.19.33

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Medal

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: LVCRETIA EST[e]N[sis] DE BORGIA DVC[issa] Reverse: ALFONSVS ESTENSIS

Provenance

Sotheby's, "Important European Furniture," New York, 26 October 2012, lot 170; sold to Wallace D. Bradway, New Haven, Connecticut, 2012; given to present collection, 2022.

Catalogue Raisonne

Kress 79

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