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Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484)

Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484)

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Giovanni Paladino

Artist
Giovanni Paladino
(Italian, active before ca. 1572)
Title
Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484)
Date
cast 16th century (16th-century restitution?)
Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
diam: 1 3/4 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
Accession No.
1974.119
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. 150
  • Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. I: p. 297, I: no. 18

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