John VIII Paleologus, Emperor of Constantinople

Ca. 1750, collection of Frisian Museum (Friesland, Netherlands); ca. 1950, sold by Schulman b.v. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) to Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 24 October 1973, 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. pl. 3; no. 19
• Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 2
• Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. I: p. 8, I: no. 20
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 15

• Europe
• Medals
• Vernon Hall Collection

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