Sissonne, Aisne c. 1576 - Paris 1643
Francesco de Médicis
Francesco de' Medici
1613
bronze
medal and plaquette
Dimensions (HxWxD): 3 13⁄16 dia. x 1⁄4 in.
obverse:
signed and dated below right arm: G D P 1613
inscribed around edge of medal, in raised letters: D. PRINCEPS FRANCISCVS MEDICES
reverse:
inscribed on circular blue label: # 404
Acc. No.: 82.2
Credit Line: Founders Society Purchase, Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund
Photo credit: 2012 Detroit Institute of Arts
© Artist : public domain
© Artist : public domain
Provenance
- von Parpart collection, no 386
- Eugene Lucien Meunier coll., no. 578
- 1982, Founders Society Purchase, Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund
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Bibliography
- 1902 Mazerolle
F. Mazerolle, Les médailleurs français du XVe siècle au milieu du XVIIe, 3 vols, Paris, 1902 - 1904, vol. 2: no. 673 - 1907-1950 Thieme & Becker
U. Thieme & F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler, 27 vols., Leipzig, 1907-1950 - 1986 Jones
M. Jones, Guillaume Dupre, The Medal special issue, 1986, p. 36-37, pl. 32-33 - 1988 Jones
M. Jones, A Catalogue of French Medals in the British Museum, II, 1600-1672, London, 1988, p. 85-86, no. 43 - 1998 Vannel & Toderi
F. Vannel & G. Toderi, Medaglie e Placchete del Museo Bardini di Firenze, Florence, 1998, p. 124, no. 143 - 2002 Darr et al.
A. P. Darr, P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, with contributions by C. Avery... [et. al.], Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts, London: Harvey Miller Publishers, in assoc. with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2 vols., II, cat. 204