Giovanni II Bentivoglio, 1443-1508, Lord of Bologna 1462-1506 [obverse], c. 1478/1482

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter, with suspension loop): 10.17 cm (4 in.)
overall (diameter, without loop): 9.75 cm (3 13/16 in.)
gross weight: 297.51 gr (0.656 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.172.a

Artists / Makers

Sperandio (artist) Mantuan, c. 1425/1428 - c. 1504

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: IO[annes] BENT[ivolus] II HAN[n] IB[alis] FIIVS EQVES AC COMES PATRIAE PRINCEPS AC LIBERTATISCOLVMEN

Provenance

Max Chabrière-Arlès, Lyons; purchased 1920/1921 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, ELkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of the Estate; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Chabrières-Arlès, Max
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Widener, Joseph E.

Bibliography

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 51, no. 17.

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 97, repro.