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The sculpture is a circular bas-relief medallion featuring the profile of a man's head and shoulders. The subject is wearing a headband and a garment that appears to be a robe. The man has distinct facial features, such as a prominent nose and chin, and a perceptible expression due to the detailed carving. The sculpture is made from a bronze-colored metal, giving it an aged, brownish patina. The medallion includes inscriptions surrounding the head. Overall, the medallion is designed to be seen from the front, with the profile of the man facing left, and there is a small hole at the top likely intended for hanging or attachment.
National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
Antonio Roselli of Arezzo, 1380-1466, Jurist [obverse]
Bartolomeo Bellano
- Date
- probably 1460/1466
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- overall (diameter): 4.81 cm (1 7/8 in.) gross weight: 50.78 gr (0.112 lb.) axis: 8:00
- Classification
- Sculpture · Medal/Medallion
- Accession number
- 1957.14.765.a
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Time span
- 1401 to 1500
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Paduan
- Renaissance
- Medals
- bust facing left
- portrait
- Roselli, Antonio of Arezzo
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his heirs; purchased with the entire Dreyfus collection 9 July 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 31 January 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1957 to NGA. [1] The Duveen Brothers Records document the firm’s sixteen year pursuit and eventual acquisition of the Dreyfus collection, which included paintings, sculptures, small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes. Bequeathed as part of his estate to Dreyfus’ widow and five children (a son and four daughters), who had differing opinions about its disposition, the collection was not sold until after his widow’s death in April 1929. Duveen did not wish to separate Dreyfus’ collection of small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes, and it was sold intact to the Kress Foundation for a price that was met by installment payments every three months. (Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: reel 301, box 446, folders 3 and 4; reel 302, box 447, folders 1-6; reel 303, box 448, folders 1 and 2; reel 330, box 475, folder 4.) See also George Francis Hill’s discussion "A Note on Pedigrees" in his catalogue, _The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Medals_, Oxford, 1931: xii, which was commissioned by Duveen Brothers.
Inscription
around circumference: ANTONIVS DE ROYZELLIS MONARCHA SAPIENTIE; center right in field: 91
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