Borgia Arms with Tiara [reverse]
Andrea Guacialoti
1455/1458
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.29 cm (1 11/16 in.) gross weight: 42.25 gr (0.093 lb.) axis: 6:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.802.b
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Andrea Guacialoti · 1435–1495
**Andrea Guacialoti (also spelled Guazzalotti or Guacialotti)** was an Italian Renaissance medallist and bronze founder active in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. Born in 1435 to Filippo Guacialoti of a Florentine family then domiciled in Prato, he is documented primarily through his surviving works rather than extensive biographical records. Guacialoti specialized in casting bronze portrait me...