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Medal: Bartolomeo Colleoni

model 1455 or later (possibly cast 19th century)
Not on view
A portrait of Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400 – 1476), a celebrated Venetian
condottiere is on the obverse, and a nude man
sitting on a cuirass and holding a plumb line is on the
reverse. A terminus post quem for this medal is given by
Colleoni’s appointment as commander of the Venetian
forces in 1455; this specimen is a late aftercast, possibly
from the nineteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Medal: Bartolomeo Colleoni
  • Artist: Marco Guidizani (Italian, active 1454–62)
  • Date: model 1455 or later (possibly cast 19th century)
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: Diam. 8 cm, wt. 138.62 g.
  • Classification: Medals
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1276
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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ca. 1465
Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, Osservanza Master Italian, Tempera and gold on wood
Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness
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The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) Italian, Tempera and gold on wood
The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation
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Coronation of the Virgin, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground
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