Ercole I d'Este, 1431-1505, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio 1471 [obverse]

1505

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Weak cast

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 9.24 cm (3 5/8 in.)
    gross weight: 219.81 gr (0.485 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1957.14.634.a

Associated Artworks

Putti Receiving Shower of Este Diamond Rings [reverse]

Ferrarese 16th Century

1505

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Hill, George Francis, and Graham Pollard. Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art. London, 1967: no. 42.

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 64, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: HERCVLES DVX FERRARIE MVTINE ET REGII RODIGII Q[ue] COMES 1505

Wikidata ID

Q63847529

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