Francesco II da Carrara, 1359-1406, Lord of Padua 1388-1405 [obverse], 1390

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G18

Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.27 cm (1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Andrew Brown

Accession Number

2006.115.1.a

Artists / Makers

Paduan 14th Century (medalist)

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference, in Gothic capitals: EFIGIES DNI.FRANCIS CI IVNIORIS D CARARIA PAD' (the image of Lord Francesco da Carrara the younger of Padua)

Provenance

La Serenissima collection. (Piero Voltolina, Mestre, Italy), by 1998;[1] (sale, Arsantiqua, London, 19 April 2002, no. 4); (sale, Astarte, Zurich, 6 May 2006, no. 107);
Andrew M. Brown, Anchorage; gift 2006 to NGA.

[1] Piero Voltolina, La storia di Venezia attraverso le medaglie, 3 vols., Venice, 1998: 2:21, no. 5.

Associated Names

Brown, Andrew M.