Temple of Eternity with Goddess [reverse], 1540 or before

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 28.72 gr (0.063 lb.)
axis: 5:00

Credit Line

Sculpture and Decorative Arts Curators Fund

Accession Number

1986.29.1.b

Artists / Makers

Giovanni da Cavino (artist) Paduan, 1500 - 1570

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: .AETERNITAS . MANT.

Provenance

Chigi Collection, Ariccia, in 1674.[1] private collection, Italy; (sale, Sotheby's, Florence, 14 May 1975, no. 30). private collection, England; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 April 1986, no. 142); purchased by NGA.

[1] The catalogue of the 1975 sale briefly describes the inventory of the paintings, drawings, prints, and medals in the Chigi residence, northwest of Rome. Compiled by Carlo Bini at the direction of Prince Agostino Chigi, the inventory, under the title Guardaroba dell' Ariccia, is dated 22 March 1674 and is part of the Chigi archive in the Vatican Library (Armadio 316). This medal is number 137 in the inventory.

Associated Names

Chigi Collection
Cyril Humphris Ltd.
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
Sotheby's

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 446, repro.