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Andrea Carafa (d. 1526), Count of Santa Severina

Andrea Carafa (d. 1526), Count of Santa Severina

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Romolo Balsimelli (attributed to)

Artist
Romolo Balsimelli (attributed to)
(Italian, 1478 - after 1527?)
Title
Andrea Carafa (d. 1526), Count of Santa Severina
Date
designed ca. 1508-1513; early cast
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diam: 64 mm overall
Credit
Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
Accession No.
1977.1436
Classification
Medals
Geography
Italy

Related

Gans collection; after 1947, purchased by Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 1977, deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 19 November 1979, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

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  • Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 89
  • Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. II: p. 108, II: no. 12
  • Chazen Museum of Art. "European Medals in the Chazen Museum of Art: Highlights from the Vernon Hall Collection and Later Acquisitions." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2014. pp. 85-86, 157, cat. no. 30
  • Hill, George Francis and Graham Pollard. "Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art." London: Phaidon Press, for the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1967. no. 111
  • Pollard, John Graham with Eleonora Luciano and Maria Pollard. "Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art: Systemic Catalogue." Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2007. no. 154
  • Börner, Lore. "Bestandskataloge des Münzkabinetts Berlin: Die italiensichen Medaillen der Renaissance und des Barock (1450-1750)." Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1997. no. 116
  • Toderi, Giuseppe and Fiorenza Vannel. "Le medaglie italiane del XVI secolo." 3 vols. Florence: Edizioni Polistampa, 2000. no. 2650

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