Renaissance Medals and Plaques

Bronze medals from the Renaissance period, featuring allegorical scenes and mythological figures, emphasizing artistry and craftsmanship.

Henri IV, Marie de Médicis and the Dauphin 1605 Guillaume Dupré French The composition represents a rethinking and clarification of a smaller medal that Dupré produced in 1603 to celebrate Henri IV's heir. The dauphin, the future Louis XIII, stands between his parents, who are garbed as Mars and Minerva. With one foot planted on the head of a dolphin, his usual attribute, the dauphin bears his father's helmet. Henri IV was already greatly taken with the earlier medal and issued letters patent authorizing Dupré to make as many examples in as many materials as he wished. Dupré obviously understood his rights to include the design's overhaul and enlargement. This uniface example of the enlarged 1605 reverse as well as a uniface specimen of the obverse were auctioned in 1988. The obverse went to the British Museum, which already had a reverse that Mark Jones notes was "from the same batch of casts" as the present one. The Metropolitan Museum's cast has lost most of its lacquer patination,

Allegory of Spirit and Matter. Andrea Briosco (called Riccio) (Italy, Padua, 1470-1532). Italy, 1515-1530. Jewelry and Adornments; medals. Bronze plaquette

Saint Matthew. Dated: mid 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.) gross weight: 27 gr. Medium: bronze//Dark brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 16th Century.

North Italian 16th Century, Diana and Actaeon, early 16th century Diana and Actaeon

An Allegorical Scene (Fame Crowning Eros). Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.) gross weight: 38 gr. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: called Riccio Andrea Briosco.

Apollo and Marsyas. Dated: mid 15th century. Dimensions: overall (oval): 3.89 x 3.15 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.) gross weight: 18.39 gr (0.041 lb.). Medium: bronze//Medium brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Roman 15th Century, after the Antique.

Style of Niccolò Fiorentino, Mercury Carrying a Caduceus (reverse) Mercury Carrying a Caduceus reverse

David and Goliath. Dated: mid or late 1490s. Dimensions: overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.) gross weight: 11 gr. Medium: gilded bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: MODERNO.

Allegorical Representation of Victory. Dated: c. 1500. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.52 cm (2 3/16 in.) gross weight: 22.57 gr (0.023 kg). Medium: gilded bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 16th Century.

Henri IV, Marie de Médicis and the Dauphin 1605 Guillaume Dupré French The composition represents a rethinking and clarification of a smaller medal that Dupré produced in 1603 to celebrate Henri IV's heir. The dauphin, the future Louis XIII, stands between his parents, who are garbed as Mars and Minerva. With one foot planted on the head of a dolphin, his usual attribute, the dauphin bears his father's helmet. Henri IV was already greatly taken with the earlier medal and issued letters patent authorizing Dupré to make as many examples in as many materials as he wished. Dupré obviously understood his rights to include the design's overhaul and enlargement. This uniface example of the enlarged 1605 reverse as well as a uniface specimen of the obverse were auctioned in 1988. The obverse went to the British Museum, which already had a reverse that Mark Jones notes was "from the same batch of casts" as the present one. The Metropolitan Museum's cast has lost most of its lacquer patination,

Style of Giancristoforo Romano, Captive Love Bound to a Tree (reverse), probably c 1500 1530 Captive Love Bound to a Tree reverse

Drinking bowl with Apollo and Marsyas competition. Scale, completely driven. Within an edge of rolling, the representation of the match of Apollo and Marsyas in the presence of King Midas (see below).

Master ISA, Allegorical Scene (obverse) Allegorical Scene obverse

Attributed to Moderno, The Death of Orpheus, late 15th early 16th century The Death of Orpheus

For the Jockey Club of Buenos Aires 1889 Medalist: Louis-Oscar Roty French. For the Jockey Club of Buenos Aires 187497 Artist: Medalist: Louis-Oscar Roty, French, Paris 18461911 Paris, For the Jockey Club of Buenos Aires, 1889, Silver, struck, Diameter: 1 1/16 in. (27 mm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1893 (93.10.3a, b)

A Child on a Lion. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.) gross weight: 66 gr. Medium: bronze//Medium brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gianfrancesco Enzola.

Apollo and Marsyas 15th century Italian The earliest Renaissance bronze plaquettes were cast after ancient gems. This example, after an intaglio that eventually went with much of the Medici collection of gems to the Museo Archeologico in Naples, still bears the letters LAUR MED, which Lorenzo de'Medici had engraved on his glyptic treasures.. Apollo and Marsyas. Italian. 15th century. Bronze; mounted in a gilt-bronze or brass frame. Medals and Plaquettes

Paduan 16th Century, Vulcan Forging the Arms of Aeneas, early 16th century Vulcan Forging the Arms of Aeneas

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

Style of Niccolò Fiorentino, Victory in a Car Drawn by Pegasi (reverse) Victory in a Car Drawn by Pegasi reverse

The Triumph of Neptune. Dated: first half 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.) gross weight: 2865 gr. Medium: bronze//Dark red-brown patina (black lacquer somewhat rubbed). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Venetian 16th Century.

The Death of Orpheus. Dated: late 15th - early 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 6 cm (2 3/8 in.) gross weight: 60 gr. Medium: bronze//Medium brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Attributed to Moderno.

Italian 16th Century, Portrait of a Boy, Perhaps a Member of the Carrara Family (obverse), c 1500 Portrait of a Boy, Perhaps a Member of the Carrara Family obverse

Florentine 15th Century, The Triumph of Chastity, 15th century The Triumph of Chastity

French 16th Century, François I, Henri II, and François II, Kings of France 1515 1547, 1547 1599, and 1599 1560, 1559 1560 François I, Henri II, and François II, Kings of France 1515-1547, 1547-1599, and 1599-1560

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, An Allegorical Scene An Allegorical Scene

tetradrachma; 167-148 BC (158-00-00-00-150-00-00);

Florín, 1349, 011266-N. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Przeszo Przyszoci unknown

Bliżej Kultury Below, Fryderkk Wilhelm

Valerio Belli, Helen of Troy (obverse) Helen of Troy obverse

Florentine 15th Century, Noah Entering the Ark, mid 15th century Noah Entering the Ark

Truth Unveiling Herself reverse. Dated: probably 1540/1554. Medium: bronze//Later cast. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: called Pastorino da Siena Pastorino de' Pastorini.

Ariadne at Naxos. Dated: second half 15th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.72 cm (2 1/4 in.) gross weight: 55.3 gr (0.122 lb.). Medium: bronze//Medium brown patina (slightly rubbed). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master IO. F. F.

Alborn durner, Maths bully (Copy After), 1527 copy. history medal Lead medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Tours side: Helmed coat of arms Inside Cover Nuremberg lead (metal) striking (metalworking) portrait, self-portrait of artist

Hymenée in tribute to Venus France (Francesco Raiabolini, Dit). AVOMEGEDA in Hommage to Vénus. Nlelli's imprint. 15e-16th seashore. Museums of the city of the city of Paris, Petit Palais.

Italian 16th Century, Cupid on a Flying Swan, late 16th century Cupid on a Flying Swan

A Warrior and a Sleeping Youth. Dated: late 15th - early 16th century. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 59 gr. Medium: bronze//Light brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pseudo Melioli.

Neptune and Amphitrite 16th century possibly French. Neptune and Amphitrite 207634

Time Carrying a Scythe reverse. Dated: 16th century. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Probably Italian 16th Century.

Tazza with Moses Striking Water from the Rock. Master I. C. (French, active 1553-85). Date: 1570-1575. Dimensions: H: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); Diameter: 24.6 cm (9 3/4 in.). Painted enamel on copper with gilding. Origin: Limoges. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Jean Court.

Giancristoforo Romano, Figure before a Palm Tree (reverse), 1507 Figure before a Palm Tree reverse

Medallion with the Betrayal of Jesus. Culture: Netherlandish. Dimensions: Diam. 2 × 1/16 in. (5.1 × 0.1 cm). Date: early 16th century.This medallion serves as a reminder that one of the most important skills of miniature boxwood carvers was their ability to create deep, stagelike spaces for the reenactment of the drama of the Bible. In this carving, the action is intense, but the faces are summarily rendered in some areas. Were elements such as these perhaps consigned to apprentices. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bliżej Kultury Władysław Jagiełło (King of Poland, 1386 1434)

Ceres and Triptolemus. Dated: mid 15th century. Dimensions: overall (oval): 4.49 x 3.52 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.) gross weight: 28.67 gr (0.063 lb.). Medium: bronze//Light brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Roman 15th Century, after the Antique.

Louis XIV ca. 1675 French. Louis XIV 208033

Bliżej Kultury Steady 2, Menna Aleksandria

MOLART or MOLLART, Michel (N.1641-06-11-D.1713), facade of the Louvre (BERNIN Knight project) (main title). Alloy with low melting point. Brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Giovanni Maria Pomedelli, Diomede Seated on a Cippus (reverse), 1515 or after Diomede Seated on a Cippus reverse

Bliżej Kultury Władysław Warneńczyk (King of Poland, 1434 1444)

Chased Silver Medallion, Pen and brown ink, brown wash Support: white laid paper, England, Germany, 1532-43, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

Engraved Gem. Unknown

Master of Coriolanus, Roman Triumph Roman Triumph

Plate ca. A.D. 310-79 Sasanian. Plate 324670

Camilla Sforza of Aragon, Wife of Costanza Sforza 1475. Dated: c. 1490/1495. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.) gross weight: 156 gr. Medium: bronze//Rough cast, not contemporary. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sperandio.

Tetradrachm of Caracalla, Roman Emperor fromHierapolis. Ruler: Caracalla, Roman Emperor, A.D. 188-217, ruled A.D. 198-217 Mint: Hierapolis Artist: Unknown

North Italian or Possibly Brescian 16th Century, Hercules Overcoming a Centaur, c 1525 1550 Hercules Overcoming a Centaur

Lot and his daughters. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

Carnavalet museum, Sceaux collection

Painful mater / homo, xixe siares MATER BREAD / HOMO'S LIVE EYE. Siear House. Bronze.

The Republic holding pique and beam The Republic holding pic and beam . Etin, 18th century.

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia71. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Probably Vincenzo di Giovanni Lupicini, Faustina Sforza, born c 1532, Marchioness of Caravaggio 1546, c 1572 Faustina Sforza, born c. 1532, Marchioness of Caravaggio 1546

Andrea Spinelli, Mula and Another Man Joining Hands (reverse), 1538 Mula and Another Man Joining Hands reverse

Anonymous / 'Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Anthony'. Late XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil ground, Ink on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Sigismondo d'Este, 1433-1507, Son of Niccolo III d'Este. Dated: probably 1463/1477. Dimensions: overall: 715.5 x 442 cm (281 11/16 x 174 in.) gross weight: 59 gr. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sperandio.

Francesco da Sangallo and Elena Marsupini, his wife 1551 Medalist: Francesco da Sangallo Italian Francesco's activity as an architect and sculptor is apparent in his large, bold, high-relief medals. They follow the tradition of Florentine works by Niccolò Fiorentino unlike the small, refined examples of Francesco's contemporaries.. Francesco da Sangallo and Elena Marsupini, his wife. Medalist: Francesco da Sangallo (Italian, 1494-1576). Italian, Florence. 1551. Bronze. Medals and Plaquettes

Engraving depicting Pythagoras, an Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of the Pythagoreanism movement. Dated 19th century

Take on the Bastille, July 14, 1789. Copper. 1789. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 60172-3 July 14, Canon, Citizen, Copper, Fortress, Medal, Numismatics, Revolutionary Periode, Bastille Take, French Revolution

Calvary, c. 1450. Germany, Middle Rhine, 15th century. Mother-of-pearl; diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.).

Guillaume Dupré, Maria Magdalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Wife of Cosimo II de' Medici 1589, 1613 Maria Magdalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Wife of Cosimo II de' Medici 1589

Seal of Milon, Earl of Gloucester, vintage engraving. Seal of Milon, Earl of Gloucester, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648850

Bowl Base with the Portrait of a Young Man 300-500 Roman or Byzantine. Bowl Base with the Portrait of a Young Man 465926

Denarii with portraits of Titus Tatius and Numa Pompilius.

Coin depicting Otho. Proclaimed by the Prasetorians, was emperor from January to April. When his army was defeated by legions from Germany under Vitellius. Committed suicide. AD 69

Bliżej Kultury Kazimierz Jagiellończyk (1447 92)

Paint seal from Philip II .. stamp in red wash. Front: to the left galloping horse with a man in full armor. The man has a sword in the raised right hand. A cityscape is shown at the bottom. Above, bottom left and right coats of arms.

The Judgment of Paris Master IO. F.F. Italian early 16th century

Bliżej Kultury unknown

The bottom of the plate; Unknown Pergamon workshop; III/II century BC (-210-00-00--190-00-00);Polish excavations in Myrmekion

Constancy Leaning on Tall Staff reverse. Dated: c. 1485. Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Style of Niccolò Fiorentino.

Tankier decorated with figural scenes in a landscape with architecture unknown

Lazio Roma Subiaco Monastery of S. Scolastica Archaeological Museum21. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Antiquities: Views of antiquities in museum, including sarcophagi, plates, vases, coins. General Notes: Hutzel guide says we have negatives, but we cannot find them. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (reverse), 15th century. Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, 1420-1467/68). Bronze; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). Malatesta was both a ruthless military leader and a man of considerable learning and culture. His medals, largely used for propoganda purposes, are among the earliest examples of the medium and speak to the innovations in the classical tradition that he fostered in Rimini. The original model dates to 1446, but this cast probably dates to the late 19th or early 20th century.

Matteo de' Pasti, The Castle of Rimini (reverse), 1446 The Castle of Rimini reverse

Tondo Madonna, c. 1504

Engraving depicting the seal of Henry I of England. Henry I of England (1068-1135) also known as Henry Beauclerc, King of England. Dated 14th century

Stamp seal (scarab) with two-figure contest scene second half of 8th - 7th century B.C. Assyro-Babylonian. Stamp seal (scarab) with two-figure contest scene. Assyro-Babylonian. second half of 8th - 7th century B.C.. Greenstone. Neo-Assyrian / Neo-Babylonian. Cyprus

1 Nummus of Galerius, Emperor of Rome fromTreveri. Ruler: Galerius, Emperor of Rome, ca. A.D. 260-311, 293-311 Mint: Treveri Artist: Unknown

Birth of Venus Master of the Birth of Venus 19th century

Fame Holding a Closed and an Open Book reverse. Dated: 1479. Medium: lead. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sperandio.

Tetradrachm of Naxos depicting a satyr drinking from a wine-cup Kylix) about 460 BC

money / finances, coins, ancient world, Greece, coin, reverse, image of a quadriga, silver, Syracuse, wood engraving, 19th century,

Henry VIII, Robert Town, c. 1755 Basrelief in gas cabbage, with accompanying leather box with loose lid, green on which gilded leaf motif. Bust to the left. Henry VIII is born and wears a flat hat, decorated with rosettes and precious stones on the edge and on top with ostriches. About the tabolaard with fur collar that is open, and about the Jak carried underneath a heavy chain with gods and a chain with H-switches, on which a medallion hangs. A pipe collar around the neck. . England Basrelief in gas cabbage, with accompanying leather box with loose lid, green on which gilded leaf motif. Bust to the left. Henry VIII is born and wears a flat hat, decorated with rosettes and precious stones on the edge and on top with ostriches. About the tabolaard with fur collar that is open, and about the Jak carried underneath a heavy chain with gods and a chain with H-switches, on which a medallion hangs. A pipe collar around the neck. . England

Bliżej Kultury

Ikona: Święci Borys i Gleb i Starotestamentowa Trójca Święta. nieznany warsztat rosyjski (1700-1970), factory

Gothic image of Adam and Eve and original sin, Palma Cathedral Museum, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Sassanian dish showing a goddess seated on a lion. Artist: Unknown

The Seal of Richard II in the Royal Secret State Archives at Berlin, Germany, digital improved file of an original print from the 19th century, Europe

Tigranes, King of Armenia, (1902). Artist: Unknown

Goldsmith's art, France, 14th century. Female head protome, 1590, by the Circle of Jacques Bylivelt (1550-1603).

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