Bertoldo di Giovanni

Florentine, c. 1430/1440 - 1491

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Italian sculptor and medallist of the renaissance

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Bertoldo di Giovanni, Antonio Graziadei, died 1491, Imperial Envoy [obverse], c. 1480, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.844.a

Antonio Graziadei, died 1491, Imperial Envoy [obverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · c. 1480 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.844.a

Bertoldo di Giovanni, Triumphal Car with Greece, Trebizond, and Asia [reverse], c. 1480, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.842.b

Triumphal Car with Greece, Trebizond, and Asia [reverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · c. 1480 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.842.b

Bertoldo di Giovanni, Mehmed II, 1430-1481, Sultan of the Turks 1451 [obverse], c. 1480, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.842.a

Mehmed II, 1430-1481, Sultan of the Turks 1451 [obverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · c. 1480 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.842.a

Bertoldo di Giovanni, Triumphal Car with Mercury and the Muses [reverse], c. 1480, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.844.b

Triumphal Car with Mercury and the Muses [reverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · c. 1480 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.844.b

Bertoldo di Giovanni, Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 [obverse], c. 1478, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.847.a

Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 [obverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · c. 1478 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.847.a

Bertoldo di Giovanni, The Murder of Giuliano I de' Medici (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) [reverse], 1478, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.846.b

The Murder of Giuliano I de' Medici (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) [reverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · 1478 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.846.b

Bertoldo di Giovanni, Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) [obverse], 1478, bronze, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1988.30.2.a

Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) [obverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · 1478 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1988.30.2.a

This round, bronze medal shows a man’s head floating over an architectural structure surrounded with a bustling crowd, all in low relief. The man at the top center faces our right in profile. He has a sloping, prominent nose, and the eye we see is heavily outlined. His chin-length hair curls up along the nape of his neck. Below eleven silhouetted people sit, stand, or kneel inside a fence-like, enclosed structure. About a dozen more people on our side of the fence, worn smooth over time, appear to fight with swords or daggers or run from the danger. Text under the man’s head and inside the structure reads, “SALVS PVBLICA.” Text around the upper perimeter of the medal reads “LAVRENTIVS MEDICES.”
Bertoldo di Giovanni, Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) [obverse], 1478, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.846.a

Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) [obverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · 1478 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.846.a

Bertoldo di Giovanni, The Murder of Giuliano I de' Medici (The Pazzi Consiracy Medal) [reverse], 1478, bronze, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1988.30.2.b

The Murder of Giuliano I de' Medici (The Pazzi Consiracy Medal) [reverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · 1478 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1988.30.2.b

Bertoldo di Giovanni, Figure in Antique Armor [reverse], c. 1478, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.847.b

Figure in Antique Armor [reverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni · c. 1478 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.847.b