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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.142
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Giuliano II de Medici (1478-1516)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1513
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192616

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
3.3 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (1 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
17.2 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: around perimeter, in relief: M[A]G IVLIANVS MEDICES
  • inscription: reverse: either side of figure: C P; in exergue: ROMA

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Shearman, Cambridge, MA, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor John Shearman
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.142
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pierced at 7 o'clock to obverse. Obverse: Giuliano II in left profile, in strong relief; reverse: warrior representing Rome seated with small figure of Victory in his outstretched hand

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018

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