Daphne Transformed into a Laurel Tree [reverse], after 1562

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 51.7 gr (0.114 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston

Accession Number

1986.29.3.b

Artists / Makers

Pier Paolo Galeotti (artist) Florentine, c. 1520 - 1584

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: INLEGE DNI.MEDITABITVR.ET.FOLIVMEIVS.NODEFLVET

Provenance

Chigi Collection, Ariccia, in 1674.[1] private collection, Italy; (sale, Sotheby's, Florence, 14 May 1975, no. 67). private collection, England; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 April 1986, no. 139); 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 199 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. 404, repro.