Allegory Celebrating Victory at Lepanto [reverse]

1571

Giovanni Vincenzo Melone

Medalist, Italian, active 1571 - 1589

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)
    gross weight: 20.89 gr (0.046 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1997.114.22.b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1997 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 828, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: CLASSE TVRCICA AD.NAVPACTVM DELETA; around bottom on truncation of ground, year faintly legible: DIE.7.OCTOBR.1571. (The Turkish fleet destroyed at Nafpactos on the 7th of October 1571)

Wikidata ID

Q63861825

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