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Portrait medal of Paolo Giovio (obverse); Giovio Raising a Man from a Grave (reverse)
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Portrait medal of Paolo Giovio (obverse); Giovio Raising a Man from a Grave (reverse)

model ca. 1552 (probably a later cast)

Medium

Bronze (Copper alloy with brown patina under a layer of dark wax.)

Dimensions

Diameter: 3 3/4 in., 38.61g (9.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Medals

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Rights

Public Domain

About Francesco da Sangallo

1494–1576

Italian architect, sculptor. Comment on works: sculptor; architect