Fra Benedetto of Tiezzi of Foiano

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1976.4
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Fra Benedetto of Tiezzi of Foiano
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: c. 1500
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227894

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lead

Dimensions

8.5 cm diam. x 0.9 cm depth (3 3/8 x 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: obverse, around perimeter: BENEDICTVS THETIVS FLORIANENI
inscription: reverse, around perimeter: CVNCTA RITE ME DVCE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Prof. Sydney J. Freedberg, Cambridge, MA, Purchased from dealer in Florence, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1976.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sydney J. Freedberg
Accession Year: 1976
Object Number: 1976.4
Division: European and American Art
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: portrait of the friar in right profile; reverse: Minerva standing with open book and shield showing Medusa's head

Exhibition History

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

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1976.4: Fra Benedetto of Tiezzi of Foiano