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Alfonso I d'Este (1476-1534)/ Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519)

Alfonso I d'Este (1476-1534)/ Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519)

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Artist
Unknown (Italian)
Title
Alfonso I d'Este (1476-1534)/ Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519)
Date
designed ca. 1502; early cast
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diam: 57 mm overall
Credit
Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
Accession No.
1973.125
Classification
Medals
Geography
Italy

Related

After 1947, sold by numismatist, Mark M. Salton (New York, NY), to Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 24 December 1973, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [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. 82
  • Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. II: p. 89, 293, II: no. 2; III: 48A
  • 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. 80-82, 156, cat. no. 28
  • Heiss, Aloïs. "Les médailleurs de la Renaissance." 9 vol. Paris: J. Rothchild, 1881-1892. vol III: 43, no. 5
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  • Johnson, Cesare and Rodolfo Martini. "Catalogo delle medaglie I. Secolo XV." Milan: Comune de Milano, Ripartizione cultura, 1986. no. 562
  • Boccolari, Giorgio. "Le medaglie di casa d'Este." Modena, 1987. no. 76
  • Corradini, Elena. "Medallic Portraits of the Este." In "The Image of the Individual: Portraits in the Renaissance," edited by Nicholas Mann and Luke Syson, 22-39. London: British Museum Press, 1998. fig. 9
  • Rizzini, Prospero. "Illustrazione dei Civici Musei de Brescia, Parte 2: Medaglie. Serie italiana secoli XV a XVIII." Brescia: F. Apollonio, 1892. no. 143
  • Rinaldis, Aldo de. "Medaglie dei secoli XV e XVI nel Museo Nazionale di Napoli." Naples: Riccardo Ricciardi, 1913. no. 72
  • Habich, Georg. "Die Medaillen der italienischen Renaissance." Stuttgart and Berlin: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1924. pl. LXIV.5
  • Toderi, Giuseppe and Fiorenza Vannel. "Le medaglie italiane del XVI secolo." 3 vols. Florence: Edizioni Polistampa, 2000. no. 360

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