Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Graces / Alone / In 'Siena Group' pose (naked, central figure with back to viewer)

PORTRAITS

Aristocrats / Italy / Mirandola / Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494)

Further details

this specimen is probably the only known early cast, other known medals are apparently after-casts in smaller dimensions

Artist or creator

Spinelli, Niccolò (1430-1514)

Date

15th century (fourth quarter)

Location

London, Sotheby's (Auction lot 48)

Auction

Sotheby's [27/05/1974]

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

George Francis Hill, A corpus of Italian medals of the renaissance before Cellini, London 1930, no. 998; George Francis Hill and John Graham Pollard, Renaissance medals, London 1967, 277

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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