Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi

Follower of Francesco Francia Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 964

On the obverse is a portrait of Bernardo de’ Rossi (1468 –
1527), bishop of Treviso in 1499 and governor of
Bologna from 1519 to 1523. The reverse shows a female
figure (Victory or Liberty?) in a chariot drawn by an eagle
and a dragon. This old aftercast, possibly from the seventeenth
century, is pierced on the top and underside.

Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi, Follower of Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447–1517 Bologna), Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.)

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Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi, Follower of Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447–1517 Bologna), Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.)
Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi, Follower of Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447–1517 Bologna), Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.)
Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi, Follower of Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447–1517 Bologna), Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.)
Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi, Follower of Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447–1517 Bologna), Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.)
Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi, Follower of Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447–1517 Bologna), Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.)
Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi, Follower of Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447–1517 Bologna), Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.)

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