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Orazio Fosco

Orazio Fosco

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Domenico Poggini

Artist
Domenico Poggini
(Italian, 1520 - 1590)
Title
Orazio Fosco
Date
designed 1589; cast late 17th century
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diam: 1 9/16 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
Accession No.
1974.117
Classification
Medals
Geography
Italy

Related

In or after 1947, possibly purchased in France* by Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 23 October 1974, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. *The preface for the 1978 Catalogue of The Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals states that the core of this collection was purchased in France in 1947, but the object file contains no records specific to the purchase of this work.

  • Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 148
  • Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. I: p. 255, I: no. 8

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