Dido, Queen of Carthage (obverse); Carthage with Galleys in Harbor (reverse)
Alessandro Cesati, called Il Grechetto, Italian, 1538 - 1564
about 1560
Bronze
Overall: 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 3/16 in. (4.2 × 4.1 × 0.4 cm)
Weight: 39 g (0.1 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Wallace D. Bradway, Class of 1947
2022.19.34
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Provenance
Cyril Humphris, London; Sotheby's, "Collection of Renaissance and later Medals formed by Cyril Humphris," London 3 October 1996, lot 67' sold to Wallace D. Bradway, New Haven, Connecticut, 1996; given to present collection, 2022.
Catalogue Raisonne
Kress 369
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