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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Italy (made)

This bronze plaque is made in Italy in about 1440 and has a curved octagonal form. It depicts a lady in an embroidered robe.

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Categories	Sculpture Medallions Bronze
Object type	Medallion
Materials and techniques	Bronze Bronze
Brief description	Plaque, bronze, curved octagonal form, bust of a lady in an embroidered robe, Italian, probably ca. 1440
Physical description	Bronze medallion in curved octagonal from. Bust of a lady in an embroidered robe.
Dimensions	Height: 6.35cm Width: 1.375in
Object history	Purchased in Paris (Piot sale, 1864, 25-30 April, £2 17s. 6d.).
Summary	This bronze plaque is made in Italy in about 1440 and has a curved octagonal form. It depicts a lady in an embroidered robe.
Bibliographic references	Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1864. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868., p. 44 Hill, George Francis. A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance, Before Cellini, Volume I, Text. London: British Museum, 1930, no. 145
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	517-1864

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Record created	March 25, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148168/medallion-unknown/

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