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Medal: Sixtus IV

1471
Not on view
The obverse depicts Pope Sixtus IV (Francesco d’Albescola
della Rovere, 1414 – 1484; r. 1471 – 84), and the reverse
shows the seated Sixtus IV being crowned by Saint
Francis and Saint Anthony of Padua. The medal was
made upon the occasion of the election of the pope in
1471.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Medal: Sixtus IV
  • Artist: Lysippus the Younger (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1470–84)
  • Date: 1471
  • Medium: Bronze (Copper alloy with warm brown patina and remnants of black wax or lacquer)
  • Dimensions: Diam. 4.1 cm, wt. 36.38 g
  • Classification: Medals
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1279
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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Medal: Sixtus IV, Lysippus the Younger, Silver
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Lysippus the Younger
1471
Portrait medal of Vittorino Rambaldoni da Feltre (obverse); A Pelican (reverse), Pisanello (Antonio Pisano) Italian, Bronze (yellowish copper alloy with brown patina and traces of black lacquer or wax)
Portrait medal of Vittorino Rambaldoni da Feltre (obverse); A Pelican (reverse)
Pisanello (Antonio Pisano)
model 1446–47 (possibly cast 15th or 16th century)
Portrait medal of Giovanni Alvise Toscani, Lysippus the Younger, Bronze (copper alloy with a warm brown patina)
Portrait medal of Giovanni Alvise Toscani
Lysippus the Younger
ca. 1475 (possibly cast early 16th century)
Portrait medal of an Unknown Lady (obverse); A Kneeling Man with a Basket of Fruit, Cupid, and the Caduceus of Mercury (reverse), Giovanni Maria Pomedelli Italian, Bronze (copper alloy with a light brown<br/>patina under a worn reddish brown layer of wax or lacquer)
Portrait medal of an Unknown Lady (obverse); A Kneeling Man with a Basket of Fruit, Cupid, and the Caduceus of Mercury (reverse)
Giovanni Maria Pomedelli
first quarter 16th century
Giovanni Aloisius Toscani, Lysippus the Younger Italian, Bronze, Italian
Giovanni Aloisius Toscani
Medalist: Lysippus the Younger
15th century

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