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MARCO GUIDIZANI. Medal: Bartolomeo Colleoni

Medal: Bartolomeo Colleoni. Artist: Marco Guidizani (Italian, active 1454-62). Dimensions: Diam. 8 cm, wt. 138.62 g.. Date: model 1455 or later (possibly cast 19th century). A portrait of Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400 - 1476), a celebrated Venetian condottiere is on the obverse, and a nude man sitting on a cuirass and holding a plumb line is on the reverse. A terminus post quem for this medal is given by Colleoni's appointment as commander of the Venetian forces in 1455; this specimen is a late aftercast, possibly from the nineteenth century.
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Medal: Bartolomeo Colleoni
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Medal: Bartolomeo Colleoni. Artist: Marco Guidizani (Italian, active 1454-62). Dimensions: Diam. 8 cm, wt. 138.62 g.. Date: model 1455 or later (possibly cast 19th century). A portrait of Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400 - 1476), a celebrated Venetian condottiere is on the obverse, and a nude man sitting on a cuirass and holding a plumb line is on the reverse. A terminus post quem for this medal is given by Colleoni's appointment as commander of the Venetian forces in 1455; this specimen is a late aftercast, possibly from the nineteenth century.
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BRONZE
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
4200 x 3150 px | 37.9 MB
Print size:
35.6 x 26.7 cm | 14.0 x 10.5 in (300 dpi)
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