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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1952.113
People
Antonio Montauti, Italian (Florence c. 1685 - 1740 Rome)
Title
Orazio Ricasoli Rucellai (1604-1674)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1711
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228746

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze with brown patina
Dimensions
8.5 cm diam. x 0.8 cm depth (3 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
147.53 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: A. M.; lower edge of reverse: A. MONTAVTI 1711
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: PRIOR. HOR. RICAS. ORICELLARI REG. IN GERM. ET. POL. LEGATV
  • inscription: reverse, around perimeter: NITET DIFFUSO LUMINE [=bright light shines]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur McComb, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1952.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arthur McComb
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
1952.113
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Rucellai in right profile with long curly hair. Reverse: six-pointed star with orbits over landscape.

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