The Murder of Giuliano I de' Medici (The Pazzi Consiracy Medal) [reverse]

1478

Bertoldo di Giovanni

Artist, Florentine, c. 1430/1440 - 1491

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)
    gross weight: 77.48 gr (0.171 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1988.30.2.b

Associated Artworks

Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) [obverse]

Bertoldo di Giovanni

1478

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Schlessinger); purchased April 1939 by J.W. Frederiks [1889-1962], The Hague; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 23-24 May 1988, 1st day, no. 31); purchased by (Cyril Humphris, London) for NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's 'Ginevra de' Benci' and Renaissance Portraits of Women, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002, no. 12, color repro.

Bibliography

2000

  • Luchs, Alison. "Lorenzo from Life?: Renaissance Portrait Busts of Lorenzo de' Medici." The Sculpture Journal 4 (2000): 9, fig. 9.

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 287, repro.

Inscriptions

around top circumference: IVLIANVS MEDICES; center: LVCTVS PVBLICVS

Wikidata ID

Q63860734

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