Medal: Federigo da Montefeltro
model ca. 1474 (possibly cast 19th or 20th century)
Medium
Bronze (Copper alloy with brown to green patina with traces of black wax).
Dimensions
Diam. 11.2 cm, wt. 513.38 g.
Classification
Medals
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.1270
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking bronze medal, modeled around 1474 by the Renaissance polymath Filarete (Antonio di Pietro Averlino), immortalizes Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, in a classic profile view. With a diameter of 11.2 cm and substantial weight of 513 grams, the copper-alloy piece displays a beautiful brown-to-green patina and traces of black wax, suggesting a later 19th- or 20th-century cast from the original mold. Part of the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it exemplifies the exquisite craftsmanship of Italian Renaissance medals. Federigo da Montefeltro (1422–14...