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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1976.4
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fra Benedetto of Tiezzi of Foiano
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
c. 1500
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227894

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lead
Dimensions
8.5 cm diam. x 0.9 cm depth (3 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: BENEDICTVS THETIVS FLORIANENI
  • inscription: reverse, around perimeter: CVNCTA RITE ME DVCE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Prof. Sydney J. Freedberg, Cambridge, MA, Purchased from dealer in Florence, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1976.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sydney J. Freedberg
Accession Year
1976
Object Number
1976.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: portrait of the friar in right profile; reverse: Minerva standing with open book and shield showing Medusa's head

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018

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