Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, 1449-1492 [obverse], c. 1490

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G16

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
gross weight: 290.51 gr (0.64 lb.)
axis: 1:00

Credit Line

Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1987.34.2.a

Artists / Makers

Niccolò Fiorentino (artist) Florentine, 1430 - 1514

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: MAGNVS . LAVRENT / IVS . MEDICES

Provenance

(Spink & Son Ltd., London); sold January 1981 to E.R.A. Unger, Richmond, England; (sale, Glendining's, London, 10 June 1987, no. 290); purchased through (Cyril Humphris, Ltd., London) by NGA.

Associated Names

Cyril Humphris Ltd.
Glendining & Co.
Spink & Son Ltd.
Unger, E.R.A.

Exhibition History

2000: The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 2000, no cat.

Bibliography

2000: Luchs, Alison. "Lorenzo from Life?: Renaissance Portrait Busts of Lorenzo de' Medici." The Sculpture Journal 4 (2000): 10, fig. 11.

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 291, repro.

2013: Belman, Michael, Alison Luchs, and Shelley Sturman. “A Renaissance of Color: The Conservation of Lorenzo the Magnificent.” Facture: conservation, science, art history 1 (2013): 36, 38, fig. 4.