Shield Supported by Hercules and Janus [reverse], c. 1503

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 16

Medium

bronze//Yellowish patina

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.35 cm (2 1/8 in.)
gross weight: 46.19 gr (0.102 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.273.b

Artists / Makers

Master of Coriolanus (artist) Italian, active c. 1500

Image Use

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Inscription

across top: CONSALVVS / AGIDARIVS [for "Agilarius"] TVR[CIS]. / GAL[LIS].DEI R[EGIS].Q[UE].C[AUSA].D[EVICTIS]. / DICTA TOR.III; across bottom: PARTA ITALIAE / PACE IANVM / CLAVSIT (The Turks and French having been overcome for God and king, Gonzalo de Aguilar, in his third dictatorship having produced peace for Italy, closed the doors of the temple of Janus)

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.