Saint Paul (obverse); Laurel Wreath with Inscription (reverse)

Roman School
Unknown Italian, Italian

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about 1492 - 1500

Bronze with silvering

Overall: 3 3/8 × 3 7/16 × 3/8 in. (8.6 × 8.8 × 1 cm)

Weight: 253 g (0.6 lb.)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019

2016.64.142

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Sculpture: Medal

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: VAS ELECTIONIS PAVLVS APOSTOLVS; Reverse: BENEDICTE IN EXCELSIS DEO DOMINO DE FONTIBVS ISRAEL IBI BENIAMINI ADOLESCENVTVS IN MENTIS EXCESSV

Publication History

Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 58-59.

Provenance

European art market; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, date unknown; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2016.

Catalogue Raisonne

Kress, No. 244; Hill Corpus, No. 902

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