Pope Pius II (obverse); Pelican (reverse)
Andrea Guacialoti, Italian, 1435 - 1495
about 1460
Bronze medal
Overall: 2 1/16 × 2 1/8 × 3/16 in. (5.3 × 5.4 × 0.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.143
Geography/Culture
Europe, Italy
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Classification
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscription
Obverse: ENAEAS PIVSSE NENSIS PAPA SECVNDVS
Course History
HIST 43.02, European Intellectual and Cultural History 1400-1800, Darrin McMahon, Fall 2019
ARTH 84, Media and Meaning in Renaissance Sculpture, Adrian Randolph, Fall 2013
Exhibition History
Renaissance and Mannerist Plaquettes and Medals from the Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 19-November 21, 2013.
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. 28-29.
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
Hill Corpus, No. 749
Old Number
EL.2011.34.26
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