Portrait medal of Giovanni Alvise Toscani

Lysippus the Younger

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Milanese by birth, Giovanni Alvise Toscani was a lawyer, orator, and Latin poet. He began his career under Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan, before going to Rome in 1468, where he became advocate to the assembly of cardinals and auditor under Pope Sixtus IV. Lysippus made six medals of Toscani, indicating their close friendship; this example is the largest and finest.
The reverse contains a laudatory inscription surrounded by a laurel wreath: PREVENIT AETATEM INGENIVM PRECOX (His precocious genius runs ahead of his age).

Portrait medal of Giovanni Alvise Toscani, Lysippus the Younger (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1470–84), Bronze (copper alloy with a warm brown patina)

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Portrait medal of Giovanni Alvise Toscani, Lysippus the Younger (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1470–84), Bronze (copper alloy with a warm brown patina)
Portrait medal of Giovanni Alvise Toscani, Lysippus the Younger (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1470–84), Bronze (copper alloy with a warm brown patina)
Portrait medal of Giovanni Alvise Toscani, Lysippus the Younger (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1470–84), Bronze (copper alloy with a warm brown patina)
Portrait medal of Giovanni Alvise Toscani, Lysippus the Younger (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1470–84), Bronze (copper alloy with a warm brown patina)

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