1972.288: Cardinal Bernardo Clesio (1484-1539)

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

Permissions

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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

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