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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.288
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Cardinal Bernardo Clesio (1484-1539)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1531
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226536

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver?
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
4.6 cm diam. x 0.5 cm depth (1 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
52.4 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, cast: [around portrait:] MDXXXI; around perimeter: BERNARD · DIVI · MISERAT · SCTE · RO ECCLETITV · SCTI
  • inscription: reverse, cast: STEPHA · INCELIO · MONT · PBR · CARDI · ET · EPVS · TRIDEN

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frederick M. Watkins, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.288
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: the Cardinal in left profile; reverse: Papal coat of arms: quartered, with eagles and double lions rampant. Silver metal is untarnished and very shiny

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 26, p. 176, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973

Verification Level

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