Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni (1468-1488)

In or after 1947, possibly purchased in France* by 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]. *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.

• Hill, George Francis. "A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance Before Cellini." London: British Museum, 1930. no. 1022
• Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 132
• Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. I: p. 89, I: no. 21
• Frieder, Braden K. "A Portrait Medal of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1991-1993. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1993): 40-44. pp. 40-44
• 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. 67-68, 153, cat. no. 21
• Scher, Stephen K. "The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance." exh. cat. New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with The Frick Collection, 1994. no. 46
• Friedlaender, Julius. "Die italienischen Schaumünzen des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts 1430-1530." Berlin: Weidmann, 1882. p. 148, no. 14
• Johnson, Cesare and Rodolfo Martini. "Catalogo delle medaglie I. Secolo XV." Milan: Comune de Milano, Ripartizione cultura, 1986. no. 200
• Börner, Lore. "Bestandskataloge des Münzkabinetts Berlin: Die italiensichen Medaillen der Renaissance und des Barock (1450-1750)." Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1997. no. 389
• Pollard, John Graham. "Medaglie italiane del Rinascimento nel Museo nazionale del Bargello." 3 vols. Florence: Associazione Amici del Bargello, 1984-1985. no. 254
• Habich, Georg. "Die Medaillen der italienischen Renaissance." Stuttgart and Berlin: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1924. pl. 44.3
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1991-1993." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1994. p. 38
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Elvehjem Art Center Bulletin/Annual Report 1973-1974. no. 15

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• Vernon Hall Collection

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