Medal: Federigo da Montefeltro
Sperandio di Bartolommeo Savelli was an Italian medallist, architect, sculptor, painter, bronze and cannon caster. He was the son of a Roman goldsmith, Bartolommeo di Sperandio Savelli. A prolific medallist, he produced medals of several Italian rulers. The obverse bears a portrait of Federigo da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino (142 2– 1482), and the reverse shows
Federigo on horseback. Goethe, who owned a medal of this type, praised Sperandio over Pisanello, on the basis of comparison with Pisanello’s medals of Sigismondo Malatesta. The piece, which is a late aftercast, possibly from the eighteenth or nineteenth century, may be after a lead original of about 1482.
Federigo on horseback. Goethe, who owned a medal of this type, praised Sperandio over Pisanello, on the basis of comparison with Pisanello’s medals of Sigismondo Malatesta. The piece, which is a late aftercast, possibly from the eighteenth or nineteenth century, may be after a lead original of about 1482.
Artwork Details
- Title: Medal: Federigo da Montefeltro
- Artist: Savelli Sperandio (Italian, Mantua 1425?–?1504 Venice)
- Date: model ca. 1482 (possibly cast 18th or 19th century)
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Diam. 8.7 cm, wt. 186.26 g.
- Classification: Medals
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1316
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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