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Angelo Cato

Medal
between 1482-1495 (made)
Artist/Maker
Adriano Fiorentino (artist)
Place of origin
Florence (made)

This is a bronze medal made in Florence, between 1482 and 1495 and ascribed to Adriano Fiorentino. The obverse of this medal shows Angelo Cato, Archbishop of Vienne, and the reverse shows Apollo beneath a laurel tree.

Adriano Fiorentino (active 1488-99) was an Italian sculptor. Like his collaborator Bertoldo di Giovanni, he may have started his working life as a servant in the house of Lorenzo de’ Medici.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Myths & Legends
Object type
Medal
TitleAngelo Cato (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, bust of Angelo Cato, by Adriano Fiorentino, Itlay (Florentine), between 1482 and 1495
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.5in
Object history
Purchased in Paris (Piot sale, 1864, 25-30 April, £2 8s. 10d.).
Subjects depicted
Cato, Angelo
Apollo
Summary
This is a bronze medal made in Florence, between 1482 and 1495 and ascribed to Adriano Fiorentino. The obverse of this medal shows Angelo Cato, Archbishop of Vienne, and the reverse shows Apollo beneath a laurel tree.

Adriano Fiorentino (active 1488-99) was an Italian sculptor. Like his collaborator Bertoldo di Giovanni, he may have started his working life as a servant in the house of Lorenzo de’ Medici.
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. 338
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
520-1864

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Record createdMarch 25, 2008
Record URL
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