Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 [obverse]
c. 1490
Artist, Florentine, 1430 - 1514
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
gross weight: 290.51 gr (0.64 lb.)
axis: 1:00 -
Accession
1987.34.2.a
Associated Artworks
Florence Seated under a Laurel Tree [reverse]
Niccolò Fiorentino
1490
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Spink & Son Ltd., London); sold January 1981 to E.R.A. Unger, Richmond, England; (sale, Glendining's, London, 10 June 1987, no. 290); purchased through (Cyril Humphris, Ltd., London) by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2000
The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 2000, no cat.
Bibliography
2000
Luchs, Alison. "Lorenzo from Life?: Renaissance Portrait Busts of Lorenzo de' Medici." The Sculpture Journal 4 (2000): 10, fig. 11.
2007
Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 291, repro.
2013
Belman, Michael, Alison Luchs, and Shelley Sturman. “A Renaissance of Color: The Conservation of Lorenzo the Magnificent.” Facture: conservation, science, art history 1 (2013): 36, 38, fig. 4.
Inscriptions
around circumference: MAGNVS . LAVRENT / IVS . MEDICES
Wikidata ID
Q63860987