Medal: Tiberio Deciano
On the obverse is a portrait of the lawyer Tiberio Deciani
(1509 – 1582) from Udine. The reverse depicts him kneeling
in front of a seated woman (Prudence?), offering her
a book. She is crowned with a laurel wreath by Justice,
holding a sword and a pair of scales, and by an unidentified
woman with a petasos staff. Deciani became professor
of law at Padua in 1549, which was the likely
occasion for commissioning this medal. This piece is a
worn, sixteenth-century cast.
(1509 – 1582) from Udine. The reverse depicts him kneeling
in front of a seated woman (Prudence?), offering her
a book. She is crowned with a laurel wreath by Justice,
holding a sword and a pair of scales, and by an unidentified
woman with a petasos staff. Deciani became professor
of law at Padua in 1549, which was the likely
occasion for commissioning this medal. This piece is a
worn, sixteenth-century cast.
Artwork Details
- Title: Medal: Tiberio Deciano
- Artist: Giovanni del Cavino (Italian, Padua 1500–1570 Padua)
- Date: model 1549 (cast 16th century)
- Medium: Bronze (copper alloy with warm brown
patina). - Dimensions: Diam. 3.7 cm, wt. 27.23 g.
- Classification: Medals
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1267
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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