Laura de Noves, 1307/1308-1348, Friend of Petrarch

c. 1530

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lead

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (including triangular pediment): 13.3 x 8.1 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)

  • 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


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