Portrait medal of an Unknown Lady (obverse); A Kneeling Man with a Basket of Fruit, Cupid, and the Caduceus of Mercury (reverse)
first quarter 16th century
Medium
Bronze (copper alloy with a light brown patina under a worn reddish brown layer of wax or lacquer)
Dimensions
Diam. 5.3 cm, wt. 54.18 g.
Classification
Medals
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.1310
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni Maria Pomedelli
Giovanni Maria Pomedelli remains one of the more elusive figures in art history, with scant biographical details available in major sources like Wikipedia or comprehensive art historical databases. Auction records, such as those on Invaluable.com, confirm his existence as a painter whose works periodically surface in sales, attracting collectors interested in lesser-known Italian artists. The virt...