Giovanni Antonio Vincenzo Dolce, 1482-1555, Paduan Jurist, Canon of Padua 1516 [obverse]
![Giovanni Antonio Vincenzo Dolce, 1482-1555, Paduan Jurist, Canon of Padua 1516 [obverse] by Giovanni da Cavino](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/giovanni-antonio-vincenzo-dolce-1482-1555-paduan-nga-45022.webp)
Medium
bronze//Struck
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 3.72 cm (1 7/16 in.) gross weight: 24.51 gr (0.054 lb. axis: 6:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.985.a
Art Historical Context
This bronze medal, struck in 1539 by the renowned Paduan artist Giovanni da Cavino,izes Giovanni Antonio Vincenzo Dol (1482–1555), a distinguished jurist and canon of Pad Cathedral from 1516 Measuring just 3.72 cm in diameter and 24.51 grams, its obverse features a detailed portrait of Dolce, the intellectual gravitas of a Renaissance scholar amid the vibrant cultural hub of Padua. Cavino, a master medallist active in the 16th, exemplifies the Renaissance revival of classical portraiture in miniature sculpture. Struck medals like this one—produced by hammering metal between engraved dies—allo...
About the Artist
Giovanni da Cavino · 1500–1570
**Giovanni da Cavino: The Paduan Master of Medals and Antiquity** Giovanni da Cavino, born in May 1500 in Padua to goldsmith Bartolommeo di Giovanni from Cavino d'Arsego, inherited his family's craft from an early age. His father served as his initial master until Bartolommeo's death in 1517, after which Cavino trained in the workshop of the renowned Paduan sculptor Andrea Riccio (1470–1532), who...