Francesco II da Carrara, 1359-1406, Lord of Padua 1388-1405 [obverse]
1390
Medalist
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G18
Artwork overview
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Medium
silver
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 3.27 cm (1 5/16 in.)
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Accession
2006.115.1.a
Associated Artworks
Four-wheeled Carro, Heraldic Symbol of the Carrara Family [reverse]
Paduan 14th Century
1390
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
La Serenissima collection. (Piero Voltolina, Mestre, Italy), by 1998;[1] (sale, Arsantiqua, London, 19 April 2002, no. 4); (sale, Astarte, Zurich, 6 May 2006, no. 107);
Andrew M. Brown, Anchorage; gift 2006 to NGA.
[1] Piero Voltolina, La storia di Venezia attraverso le medaglie, 3 vols., Venice, 1998: 2:21, no. 5.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
around circumference, in Gothic capitals: EFIGIES DNI.FRANCIS CI IVNIORIS D CARARIA PAD' (the image of Lord Francesco da Carrara the younger of Padua)
Wikidata ID
Q63863501