Self-Portrait (obverse); Genius and Death (reverse)
Giovanni Boldù, Italian, active 1454 - 1475
1458
Bronze
Overall: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/16 in. (7.9 × 8 × 0.8 cm)
Weight: 172 g (0.4 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Wallace D. Bradway, Class of 1947
2022.19.2
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
On view
Inscriptions
Obverse: IωANHΣ MπωΛNTOY ZωΓΡΑΦOY BENAITIA Reverse: OPVS IOANIS BOLDV PICTORIS VENETVS XOGRAFI; MCCCCLVIII
Exhibition History
Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1992, lot 181; sold to Wallace D. Bradway, New Haven, Connecticut, 1992; given to present collection, 2022.
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