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Artist/Maker	Sperandio (medallist)
Place of origin	Italy (made)

This bronze medallion showing the bust of Carlo Grati of Bologna is made by Sperandio of Mantua (b. ca. 1425; d. after 1504) in Italy in about 1485.

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Category	Medallions
Object type	Medallion
Materials and techniques	Bronze Bronze
Brief description	Medallion, bronze, depicting Carlos Gratus of Bologna, by Sperandio of Mantua, Italy, ca. 1485
Physical description	Medal depicts: Obv.: bust to the left of Carolus Gratus of Bologna; rev.: a cavalier kneeling before a cross, his horse standing by him, and another cavalier on horseback.
Dimensions	Diameter: 10.48cm
Marks and inscriptions	Obv.: MES / BONONIENSIS / CAROLVS / GRATVS / MILES / ET / CO Rev.: REC / ORDATVS / MISERI / CORDIE / SVE / OPUS / SPERANDEI
Subjects depicted	Cross Cavalier Horse Grati, Carlo (Of Bologna)
Summary	This bronze medallion showing the bust of Carlo Grati of Bologna is made by Sperandio of Mantua (b. ca. 1425; d. after 1504) in Italy in about 1485.
Bibliographic references	Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1858. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 17. Scher, Stephen K, The Currency of fame: portrait medals of the Renaissance, New York, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Frick Collection., 1994 pp.101-102 Pisanello. Le Peintre aux sept vertus. (exh. cat), medal entries by Sylvie de Turckheim-Pey, p. 399, cat. No. 276, illus. p . 400 Paris, 1996 (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	4478-1858

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Record created	July 3, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O158362/medallion-sperandio/

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