Shield Supported by Hercules and Janus [reverse]

c. 1503

Master of Coriolanus

Artist, Italian, active c. 1500

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Yellowish patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.35 cm (2 1/8 in.)
    gross weight: 46.19 gr (0.102 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.273.b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across top: CONSALVVS / AGIDARIVS [for "Agilarius"] TVR[CIS]. / GAL[LIS].DEI R[EGIS].Q[UE].C[AUSA].D[EVICTIS]. / DICTA TOR.III; across bottom: PARTA ITALIAE / PACE IANVM / CLAVSIT (The Turks and French having been overcome for God and king, Gonzalo de Aguilar, in his third dictatorship having produced peace for Italy, closed the doors of the temple of Janus)

Wikidata ID

Q63815044

You may be interested in

Loading Results