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

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Weak cast

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.634.a

Artists / Makers

Ferrarese 16th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

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.