Phoenix on a Burning Pyre [reverse], probably c. 1500

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.56 cm (1 3/8 in.)
gross weight: 23.78 gr (0.052 lb.)
axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1988.30.5.b

Artists / Makers

Giancristoforo Romano (artist) Mantuan, c. 1465 - 1512

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: .IGNIS.OMNIA VORAT.IPSAM RECREAT.

Provenance

Dr. Nussbaum, Zurich; purchased 1934 by J.W. Frederiks [1889-1962], The Hague; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 23-24 May 1988, 1st day, no. 14); purchased by (Cyril Humphris, London) for NGA.

Associated Names

Cyril Humphris Ltd.
Frederiks, Johan Willem
Nussbaum Dr.
Sotheby's

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 125, repro.