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Attributed to Annibale Fontana

Giambattista Castaldi, 1493-after 1565, Count of Piadena and Cassano [obverse], c. 1562

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.49 cm (1 3/4 in.)
gross weight: 28.15 gr (0.062 lb.)
axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1992.55.9.a

Artists / Makers

Annibale Fontana (medalist) Milanese, 1540 - 1587

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Inscription

around circumference: IO[annes].BA.CAS[taldus].V.CAES[aris].FER[dinand].RO.REG.E.BOE[miae].RE[qis].EXERGIT[us, sic].DVX.; under truncation: ANIB

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1992 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Leonard
Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 511, repro.

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