Renaissance Medals and Bronze Works

Historical bronze medals and reliefs portraying mythological and significant figures, showcasing craftsmanship and themes from antiquity, often with detailed narratives.

Caradosso Foppa, Marine Scene Marine Scene

Pietro Lando, c. 1462-1545, Doge of Venice 1539, with Venetian Senators, Kneeling Before Christ obverse. Dated: 1539. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.) gross weight: 32.89 gr (0.073 lb.) axis: 6:00. Medium: bronze//Struck. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Andrea Spinelli.

Master of the Orpheus Legend, Aeneas Descending to the Underworld, fourth quarter 15th century Aeneas Descending to the Underworld

Marine Scene. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.) gross weight: 56 gr. Medium: bronze//Yellow patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Caradosso Foppa.

Caradosso Foppa, Marine Scene Marine Scene

Pseudo Antonio da Brescia, Sleeping Bacchante and Satyrs, 1505 or after Sleeping Bacchante and Satyrs

Bertoldo di Giovanni, The Murder of Giuliano I de' Medici (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) (reverse), 1478 The Murder of Giuliano I de' Medici (The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal) reverse

DROZ, Jean-Pierre (n.1746-04-17-D.1823-03-02), Rhine Passage to Mainz (main title), 1806. Alloy with low melting point. Brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Style of Niccolò Fiorentino, Antonio di Dante Castiglione, c 1485 1500 Antonio di Dante Castiglione

Master IOFF, Judgment of Paris Judgment of Paris

Francesco Laurana, Peace Holding an Olive Branch and Helmet (reverse), 1463 Peace Holding an Olive Branch and Helmet reverse

Portrait of a Lady. Dated: second half 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.78 cm (2 11/16 in.) gross weight: 59.74 gr (0.132 lb.). Medium: bronze//Three times pierced. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: North Italian 16th Century.

Jupiter as an Eagle Bringing the Infant Hercules to Juno reverse. Dated: 1562. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) gross weight: 22.82 gr (0.05 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: called Matteo della Fede Matteo Pagano.

Andrea Spinelli, Saint Jerome in a Landscape (reverse), 1540 Saint Jerome in a Landscape reverse

LEMAIRE, Georges (N.1853-01-19-D.1914), International Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900 (Title Assigned), 1900. BRONZE. Carnavalet Museum - History of Paris.

Lorenzo Maria Weber, Allegory with Minerva, Time, and a Sybil (reverse), 1725 Allegory with Minerva, Time, and a Sybil reverse

Follower of Francesco Francia, Figure in a Car Drawn by a Dragon and an Eagle (reverse), c 1519 Figure in a Car Drawn by a Dragon and an Eagle reverse

Italian 16th Century, Allegorical Representation of Victory, c 1500 Allegorical Representation of Victory

After Giovanni Boldù, The Emperor Caracalla (obverse), 1466 The Emperor Caracalla obverse

Youth Wearing an Animal's Skin reverse. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Style of Niccolò Fiorentino.

The Death of Laocoön. Dated: 1506 or after. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.) gross weight: 24 gr. Medium: bronze//Very dark patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 16th Century.

Phaedra and Hippolytus. Dated: second half 15th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.) gross weight: 73 gr. Medium: bronze//Medium brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master IO. F. F.

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, An Allegorical Scene (Fame Crowning Eros) An Allegorical Scene (Fame Crowning Eros)

Valerio Belli, The Betrayal of Christ, 1525 or after The Betrayal of Christ

Marcus Curtius. Dated: 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.) gross weight: 31 gr. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 16th Century.

Moderno, Mars and Victory, 1507 or before Mars and Victory

Commemorative Mr. Simon Episcopius, death medal penning footage silver, Two female figures to know the Truth over globe stepping in the right hand sun and in the left book with palm branch and the Freedom wearing spear with hat, THE BRIGHT SUYVERE NAACKTE WAARHEIT AND GHVLDE VRYHEYT (omschrift) (four-leaved flower).

Niccolò Fiorentino, Pegasus (reverse), c 1485 Pegasus reverse

Mucius Scaevola. Dated: late 15th - early 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) gross weight: 66 gr. Medium: bronze//Dark brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pseudo Melioli.

Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375, Florentine Writer obverse. Dated: c. 1500. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.). Medium: bronze//Late cast. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florentine 15th Century.

Jean-Baptiste Dropsy (1848-1923). "Old Paris Commission". Plaster. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 71384-19 Arc de Triomphe, avers, boat, commission, emblem, female figure, Seine river, medal, monument, Notre-Dame Paris, Numismatics, Platre, Symbol, Old Paris

Award of the Royal Academy of Literature and Art of Belgium for Henryk Arctowski, a part of the Antarctic Expedition; 1899 (1899-00-00-1899-00-00);Antarctica, Arctowski, Henryk (1871-1958), Partage Plus, Medals with Poland related, explorers, travelers, secession (style)

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Jupiter in a Car Drawn by Eagles reverse. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: After Francesco Francia.

Florentine 16th Century, Bust of Alexander, c 1500 Bust of Alexander

Paul on his way to Damascus, Anonymous, c. 1575 - c. 1600 Round, gilded bronze plaquette. In the middle of the foreground, Paul pours to the earth with his horse. Behind him a servant, who turns and his face sheltered with a shield. On the right a soldier, the upper body to the right, averted to the right while holding up a shield behind him. On the left only soldiers seeing back. Furthermore, two slopes disappearing figures; Mountain landscape, buildings and trees in the offing. At the top of the radiant celestial body with clouds. Northern Netherlands bronze (metal) gilding Round, gilded bronze plaquette. In the middle of the foreground, Paul pours to the earth with his horse. Behind him a servant, who turns and his face sheltered with a shield. On the right a soldier, the upper body to the right, averted to the right while holding up a shield behind him. On the left only soldiers seeing back. Furthermore, two slopes disappearing figures; Mountain landscape, buildings and trees in th

Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin-(N.1730-11-05-D.1819-07-11), birth of the Duke of Normandy (main title), 1785. Alloy with low melting points. Brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Master IOFF, Mucius Scaevola, second half 15th century Mucius Scaevola

Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo, Apollo Holding a Bow and Lyre (reverse), 1577 Apollo Holding a Bow and Lyre reverse

Camilla Ruggieri. Dated: late 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.84 cm (2 11/16 in.) gross weight: 30.67 gr (0.068 lb.). Medium: lead. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alfonso Ruspagiari.

The Judgment of Paris reverse. Dated: late 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.28 cm (2 1/2 in.) gross weight: 92.68 gr (0.204 lb.) axis: 6:00. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: called Bombarda Giovanni Battista Cambio.

Scylla and Minos. Round, lead plaque. In the middle minos, the biestier, seated on his left jumping horse, before the gate of Niseia, the city that fell into hands by betrayal of the king daughter Scylla. She stands on the tower and shows the enemy, for whom she failed in love, her father's golden hair, Nisus, to which they derived his power and that they will ignite it at night. Two sitting and two standing soldiers in the foreground. On the second plan: three women left, right a military person. On the background city on the water with ships.

Valerio Belli, Bembo beside a Stream (reverse), probably 1532 Bembo beside a Stream reverse

Giovanni da Cavino, Temple with Goddess (reverse), 1520 or after Temple with Goddess reverse

Bliżej Kultury Menna Rzym, Trajan

Testimony of attendance at the meetings of the Society of the Workers of the Rosary living in the parish La Madeleine, 1851 Alphonse desAide-Roquel (1851-after 1904). Testimony of attendance at the meetings of the society of the Rosary workers living in the parish La Madeleine, 1851. Engraved copper. 1851.

Costanzo Riding in the Country reverse. Dated: 1475. Medium: lead//After-cast. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gianfrancesco Enzola.

Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux (1751-1832). "National lottery, 1797". Brass. 1797. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Right in a bay leaf crown, the standing freedom from the front holding with one hand a pique surmounted by a Phrygian cap and the other a level, while relying on an altar; Reverse registration on two lines surmounted by a Phrygian cap; Below, a level. Phrygian cap, bay wreath, brass, national lottery, marianne, medal, spike, female representation, triangle

German 16th Century, Cupid Playing on the Lute, second quarter 16th century Cupid Playing on the Lute

The Virgin and Child. Dated: mid 16th century. Dimensions: overall (oval): 4.7 x 4.1 cm (1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.). Medium: bronze//Light brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 16th Century.

Bliżej Kultury Constantinus I, Mint of TREWIR

Restoration of the Order in the Netherlands 1788. Bronze medal. Front: 3 Roman women with shield and spear with writing. Reverse: Lauwerkrans to inscription.

David and Goliath reverse. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Federigo Coc..

Diomede Seated on a Cippus reverse. Dated: 1515 or after. Medium: bronze//Not contemporary cast. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Maria Pomedelli.

Bronze medallion of the Greek god Apollo and the serpent Python, 15th century. Artist: Antonio de Brescia

Sacrifice of Iphigenia () early 16th century Master IO. F.F.. Sacrifice of Iphigenia () 207609

Dumarest, Rambert (n.1750-09-17-D.1806-04-04), Peace of Amiens (main title), 1802. Bronze copper alloy. Red brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

The Superior Council of Fish Societies and Fisheries on the President of the Paris City Council, 1899 Anonymous. The Superior Council of Fish and Fishing Corporations on the President of the Paris City Council, 1899. Golden bronze.

Gian Antonio Signoretti, Gabriele Lippi of Reggio Emilia, late 16th century Gabriele Lippi of Reggio Emilia

Jan Roettiers, Allegorical Scene (reverse), c 1661 Allegorical Scene reverse

Przeszoc Przyszoci Wagner, Johann

The Crucifixion reverse. Dated: 1535/1574. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.). Medium: gilded bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Reinhart the Elder.

Anonymous. "Pyramids, 1798". Copper pushed. 1798. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Napoleon Bonaparte standing harangating the French army represented by a sapper, a Mamluk and three grenadiers; In the background, the three pyramids of Giza. Egypt campaign, Napoleonian conquest, repelled copper, French emperor, medal, pyramid, soldier

Style of Vittore Gambello, Virtue and Fortune (reverse), 1513 Virtue and Fortune reverse

Genie of France engaging the constitution Augustin Dupr� (1748-1833). Genius of France engaging the constitution. TIN. 1791.

Portrait of Leonello D'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (reverse), c. 1440-1444. Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395-1455). Bronze; diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). Renaissance medals usually show a person on the front and a symbolic element on the back, creating an overall statement about the individual. Lionello d'Este was one of the most sophisticated patrons in Renaissance Italy, and he was one of the first figures to sponsor the tradition of medals in the 1400s.

Self-sacrifice of Marcus Curtius. Artist: Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen (Netherlandish, Utrecht ca. 1570-ca. 1613/14 Prague). Culture: German, Munich. Dimensions: 16.6 x 17.2 cm, wt. 361.26 g.. Date: ca. 1596-1600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Project Grange Manzary MANZA 2014-2016 Carnavalet Museum, Medals Collection

Charles Cushing Wright, die engraver, after design by Paul Peter Duggan, Fame Crowning Painting and Sculpture (reverse), 1847 Fame Crowning Painting and Sculpture reverse

Hercules and the Centaur late 15th century Italian Closely related, though of different sizes, these boss-like plaquettes (see also 1986.319.9) seem to be unique and unpublished. Their subject and style immediately recall the work of Antonio Plllaiolo.. Hercules and the Centaur. Italian. late 15th century. Bronze. Medals and Plaquettes

Mars, Venus and Cupid with Vulcan at his forge (the Mantuan Roundel) attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli Italian ca. 1500 Golden-winged Venus, goddess of love, raptly gazes at Mars, while her husband Vulcan fabricates the war gods helmet. Standing on her lap, her son Cupid points loves arrow toward Mars and scowls at Vulcan who has left unfinished the infant gods small wings, without which he cannot hit his mark. The Latin inscription admonishes them: Venus Mars and Love rejoice. Vulcan, you labor! This magnificent bronze relief, attributed to the goldsmith-sculptor Gian Marco Cavalli, was produced within the refined culture of the Northern Italian Gonzaga court in Mantua, in which such antiquarian inventions were highly prized. View more. Mars, Venus and Cupid with Vulcan at his forge (the Mantuan Roundel). attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli (Italian, ca. 1454-after 1508, activity documented 1475-1508). Italian, Mantua. ca. 1500. Parcel-gilt bronze with silver inlay, integrally cast gilt f

Piece of an Decimate, AN IV (1796) Augustin Dupr� (1748-1833) Exhibit of an Decim, AN IV (1796). Copper, 1796. Carnavalet Museum, Paris History.

Dedication to the victims of the three glorious, 27-28-29 July 1830 Armand-Auguste caked (1793-1881). Dedication to the victims of the three glorious, 27-28-29 July 1830. Bronze.

Style of Niccolò Fiorentino, Fortune with Sail, on a Dolphin (reverse), c 1498 Fortune with Sail, on a Dolphin reverse

Isabella Manfro de'Pepoli of Bologna. Dated: 1571. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.). Medium: bronze//Cast hollow. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: called Pastorino da Siena Pastorino de' Pastorini.

Genie of France engaging the constitution Augustin Dupr� (1748-1833). Genius of France engaging the constitution. TIN. 1791.

The Lamentation. Dated: mid 16th century. Dimensions: overall (oval): 4 x 3.4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.) gross weight: 19 gr. Medium: bronze//Greyish patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Emilian 16th Century.

Lucrezia Borgia, 1480-1519, Wife of Alfonso d'Este of Ferrara 1502. Dated: 1502. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 98 gr. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Style of Giancristoforo Romano.

Emilian or Possibly Bolognese 16th Century, Carlo Borromeo, 1538 1584, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan 1560, 1584 Carlo Borromeo, 1538-1584, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan 1560

Giovanni di Andrea da Stia obverse. Dated: c. 1485/1490. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.). Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Style of Niccolò Fiorentino.

Bliżej Kultury Władysław Jagiełło (CA 1351 1434)

Inodore Mobile Pits, 1820 Armand-Auguste caked (1793-1881). "Inodore Mobile Pits, 1820". Copper. 1820.

Ludwig Senfl (Sennfel), c. 1486-1542/1543, German Musician and Composer obverse. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.38 cm (2 1/2 in.) gross weight: 73.11 gr (0.161 lb.) axis: 6:00. Medium: lead. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Friedrich Hagenauer.

MEDALLA- BATALLA DEL MORRO DE LA HABANA (1763). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Gdańsk Donatva (new beating - average print); Zygmunt II August (Polish king; 1544-1572); around 1552/19th century (1548-00-00-1557-00-00);

Sigismund II Augustus (1548 1572); 1532 Moscow, Giovanni Maria, Vel Padovano (Ca 1493 1574)

The Opening of the New Council Chamber of the Guildhall, London, October 2, 1884 1884 Medalist: Joseph Shepherd Wyon British. The Opening of the New Council Chamber of the Guildhall, London, October 2, 1884. Medalist: Joseph Shepherd Wyon (British, London 1836-1873 Winchester). British. 1884. Bronze, struck. Medals and Plaquettes

Black and White Illustration; 11th century; The Great Seal of William the Conqueror

Giovanni II Bentivoglio and Squire reverse. Dated: probably c. 1478/1482. Medium: bronze//With loop. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sperandio.

Knitting 1882-1886 Philadelphia. Painted plaster . Thomas Eakins

Seal of King George VI (1895-1952) by Goscombe John (1860-1952) a Welsh sculptor. Dated 20th Century

AS; Hadrian (76-138; Roman emperor 117-138); 119-138 (119-00-00-138-00-00);Fortuna (personification), heads, abundance horns, laurel wreaths

Anonymous (n. - d.), Antoine Coypel (main title). Alloy with low melting point. Brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Pastorino de' Pastorini, called Pastorino da Siena, Camilla Martelli de' Medici, 1545 1590, Grand Duchess of Tuscany 1570, 1584 Camilla Martelli de' Medici, 1545-1590, Grand Duchess of Tuscany 1570

Personification of Europe 1580-90 German. Personification of Europe 202458

Netherlandish 17th Century, Busts of Man and Woman, c 1600 Busts of Man and Woman

Florentine 15th Century, Wisdom Gazing at a Serpent (reverse), c 1500 Wisdom Gazing at a Serpent reverse

Schaal Met Voorstelling van Strijd Centaurs en lapiths Door Josef Touthenhayn; Battle of Lapiths with the Centaurs, Componirt and Model Virts by Josef Tautenhayn on behalf of Sr. Majesty Franz Josef I. for the World's Fair in Paris 1875..

The Fall of Man obverse. Dated: 1535/1574. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.). Medium: gilded bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Reinhart the Elder.

A Senator. Dated: 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 7.58 cm (3 in.) gross weight: 83.24 gr (0.184 lb.). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 16th Century.

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