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Domenico di Polo de' Vetri

Cosimo I de' Medici, 1519-1574, Duke of Florence 1537 [obverse], 1537

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.36 cm (1 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 25.65 gr (0.057 lb.)
axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1998.108.4.a

Artists / Makers

Domenico di Polo de' Vetri (medalist) Florentine, after 1480 - 1547

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Inscription

around circumference: COSMVS.MED[ICES]. .II.REIP[UBBLICAE].FLOR[ENTINAE].DVX.

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1998 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. 821, repro.

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