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Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan

Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan

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Sperandio di Bartolommeo Savelli

Artist
Sperandio di Bartolommeo Savelli
(Italian, ca. 1425/1430 - after 1504)
Title
Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan
Date
designed 1466; cast 16th (slim chance) or possibly 17th century
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diam: 3 5/16 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
Accession No.
1977.1415
Classification
Medals
Geography
Italy

Related

After 1947, sold by numismatist, Mark M. Salton (New York, NY), to Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 21 November 1978, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Hill, George Francis. "A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance Before Cellini." London: British Museum, 1930. no. 361, 60
  • Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 57
  • Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. I: p. 72, I: no.42

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