2001.252: Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498)
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2001.252
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- c. 1500
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/165129
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze with dark brown patina
- Dimensions
- 7.4 cm diam. x 0.8 cm depth (2 15/16 x 5/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: obverse, cast: HIERONYMVS SAV FER VIR DOCTISS ET PROPHETA SANTISMVS [=Girolamo Savonarola of Ferrara, most learned man and blessed prophet]
- inscription: reverse, cast: GLADIVS DOMINI SVP TERAM CITO ET VELOCITER [the sword of the Lord over the land quickly and swiftly]
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inscription: obverse, cast: HIERONYMVS SAV FER VIR DOCTISS ET PROPHETA SANTISMVS [=Girolamo Savonarola of Ferrara, most learned man and blessed prophet]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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AstArte, Lugano, Switzerland, Sold to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001. The work was lot 25
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Alexis Gregory
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- 2001.252
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The medal's obverse features a bust-length naturalistic portrait of the Savonarola. He is shown in profile, faces left, and wears a habit with the hood raised. The medal's reverse features a hand clutching a dagger and hovering over castellated walls set on rocky ground. The medal has a molded border and is pierced at the noon position. The patina appears to have been applied.
Publication History
- Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 70, repr.
Verification Level
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