Giovanna Albizzi Tornabuoni
Niccolò di Forzore Spinello, called Niccolò Fiorentino, Italian, 1430 - 1514
1486
Bronze
Diameter: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Depth: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968
EL.2017.63.2
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: VXOR LAVRENTII DETORNABO NIS IONNA ALBIZA (Giovanna Albizzi wife of Lorenzo); Reverse: CAS TITAS PVLCHRIT VDEO A MOR (Chastity, beauty and love)
Provenance
Morton & Eden, Ltd, London, England, Auction 87, lot 249, June 15, 2017; Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, 2017; lent to present collection, 2017.
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