Elvira, Daughter of Consalvo de Córdoba [obverse]

c. 1524

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Mars Foundation Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 4.66 cm (1 13/16 in.)
    gross weight: 49.39 gr (0.109 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1991.123.1.a

Associated Artworks

Death and Peace Closing the Door of the Temple of Janus [reverse]

Italian 16th Century

1524

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, California; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1991, no. 354); purchased by (Cyril Humphris, Ltd., London) for NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 593, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: ALVIRA CONSALVI AGIDARI MAGNI FIL

Wikidata ID

Q63860659

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