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Medal: Alfonso de Brandeligi Trotti

ca. 1520–30 (possibly cast in the 17th century)
Not on view
On the obverse is a portrait of Alfonso de Brandeligi
Trotti; the reverse is blank. Trotti was a composer from
a distinguished Ferrarese family. In 1514 he sent a motet
(“In Te Speravi”) to Pope Leo X. Trotti’s epitaph is in
San Bernardino Church in Ferrara. This old aftercast is
possibly from the seventeenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Medal: Alfonso de Brandeligi Trotti
  • Date: ca. 1520–30 (possibly cast in the 17th century)
  • Culture: Italian, Ferrara
  • Medium: Bronze (Copper alloy with brown patina
    under a worn layer of black lacquer or wax).
  • Dimensions: Diam. 6.8 cm, wt. 92.75 g.
  • Classification: Medals
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1248
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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