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Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville

Medal
after 1461 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cardinal d'Estouteville (1403-1483), was a French ecclesiastic, and was created Cardinal in 1438 by Pope Eugene IV.

Christoforo di Geremia, was sculptor and medallist of Mantua, whose name appears also as Christophorus Hierimia, Christophorus de Geremiis de Mantua. Filarete mentions him in 1460 as one of the best contemporary sculptors. In 1461 he went to Rome, and until 1465 remained in the service of the Cardinal of Aquileia, Lodovico Scarampi Mezzarota; after the latter's death he was employed by Pope Paul II. in 1468 he was entrusted with the restoration of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius which was then in San Giovanni Laterano. After this date no mention of him occurs in contemporary records, and that leads to the assumption that he must have died in the early years of Sixtus IV's pontificate, whose medal was executed by Lysippus, Christoforos's nephew.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, depicting Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville, Roman, second half 15th century
Physical description
This medal depicts on the obverse the bust of Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville, facing to the right, bareheaded and wearing a robe.
With the inscription: G. DETSOVTEVILLA. EPIS. OSTI. CAR. ROTHO. S. R. E. CAM.
On the reverse are the arms on Estouteville surmounted by a cardinal's hat
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 4.76cm
Marks and inscriptions
'G. DETSOVTEVILLA. EPIS. OSTI. CAR. ROTHO. S. R. E. CAM' (obverse)
Object history
Bought, £17 13s.
Subjects depicted
Summary
Cardinal d'Estouteville (1403-1483), was a French ecclesiastic, and was created Cardinal in 1438 by Pope Eugene IV.

Christoforo di Geremia, was sculptor and medallist of Mantua, whose name appears also as Christophorus Hierimia, Christophorus de Geremiis de Mantua. Filarete mentions him in 1460 as one of the best contemporary sculptors. In 1461 he went to Rome, and until 1465 remained in the service of the Cardinal of Aquileia, Lodovico Scarampi Mezzarota; after the latter's death he was employed by Pope Paul II. in 1468 he was entrusted with the restoration of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius which was then in San Giovanni Laterano. After this date no mention of him occurs in contemporary records, and that leads to the assumption that he must have died in the early years of Sixtus IV's pontificate, whose medal was executed by Lysippus, Christoforos's nephew.
Bibliographic reference
List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Years 1905 - 1908. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, During the Year 1907, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition with Appendix and Indices. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, 1909, p. 78
Collection
Accession number
470-1907

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
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