Laura de Noves, 1307/1308-1348, Friend of Petrarch
c. 1530
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
lead
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (including triangular pediment): 13.3 x 8.1 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
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Accession
1957.14.897
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1984
Joseph Ternbach: Conservator - Collector, The Queens Museum, Flushing, New York, 1984-1985, no. 62.
Bibliography
1967
Hill, George Francis, and Graham Pollard. Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art. London, 1967: no. 303.
2024
de Liberali, Gloria." "Divae Ginervrae".Ginevra Sforza Bentivoglio in words and images." The Medal 85 (2024): 19.
Inscriptions
across top: DIVA LAVRA; across bottom: [PA]RIXIENSIS
Wikidata ID
Q63851102