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Inscription

around circumference: COSMVS MED[ices] FLORENTIAE DVX II

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his heirs; purchased with the entire Dreyfus collection 9 July 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 31 January 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1957 to NGA.

Exhibition History

2004
Pontormo, Bronzino, and the Medici: The Transformation of the Renaissance Portrait in Florence, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2004-2005, no. 36, repro.
2012
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Princeton University Art Museum, 2012-2013.

Bibliography

2007
Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 361, repro.

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