Allegory Celebrating Victory at Lepanto [reverse], 1571

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)
gross weight: 20.89 gr (0.046 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1997.114.22.b

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Vincenzo Melone (medalist) Italian, active 1571 - 1589

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: CLASSE TVRCICA AD.NAVPACTVM DELETA; around bottom on truncation of ground, year faintly legible: DIE.7.OCTOBR.1571. (The Turkish fleet destroyed at Nafpactos on the 7th of October 1571)

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1997 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 828, repro.