Giovanni II Bentivoglio, 1443-1508, Lord of Bologna 1462-1506 [obverse]

c. 1478/1482

Sperandio

Artist, Mantuan, c. 1425/1428 - c. 1504

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter, with suspension loop): 10.17 cm (4 in.)
    overall (diameter, without loop): 9.75 cm (3 13/16 in.)
    gross weight: 297.51 gr (0.656 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1942.9.172.a

Associated Artworks

Giovanni Bentivoglio and Squire Riding Horses [reverse]

Sperandio

1478

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max Chabrière-Arlès, Lyons; purchased 1920/1921 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, ELkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of the Estate; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 51, no. 17.

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 97, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: IO[annes] BENT[ivolus] II HAN[n] IB[alis] FIIVS EQVES AC COMES PATRIAE PRINCEPS AC LIBERTATISCOLVMEN

Wikidata ID

Q63810157

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