Saint Paul (obverse); Laurel wreath with Legend (reverse)
Roman School, Unknown Italian, Italian
about 1492 - 1500
Bronze medal with silver gilt
Overall: 3 3/8 × 3 7/16 × 3/8 in. (8.6 × 8.8 × 1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.142
Geography/Culture
Europe, Italy
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Classification
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscription
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
Old Number
EL.2011.34.25
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