Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
After Sperandio da Mantova (Sperandio di Bartolommeo de' Savelli), Italian, 1425 - 1495
after 1471
Bronze
Overall: 3 3/8 × 1 7/8 × 5/16 in. (8.6 × 4.7 × 0.8 cm)
Weight: 119 g (0.3 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Wallace D. Bradway, Class of 1947
2022.19.51
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Plaquette
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Provenance
Morton and Eden, "Coins, Historical Medals and Paper Money," London, 5 June 2013, lot 591; sold to Wallace D. Bradway, New Haven, Connecticut, 2013; given to present collection, 2022.
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