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Giovanni Vincenzo Melone

Opening for Worship of the Chiesa del Gesù, Rome, 1575

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.76 cm (1 7/8 in.)
gross weight: 38.32 gr (0.084 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2002.146.10.b

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Vincenzo Melone (medalist) Italian, active 1571 - 1589

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Inscription

around circumference: FECIT ANNO SAL.MDLXXV; in exergue: ROMAE

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2002 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2000: Toderi, Giuseppe, and Fiorenza Vannel. Le Medaglie Italiane del XVI Secolo. 3 vols. Florence, 2000: no. 2286.

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 829, repro.

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