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Sebastiano Renieri

Medal
early 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Olivieri, Maffeo (medallist)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

This medal depciting Sebastiano di Jacopo Renier is made by Maffeo Olivieri in Venice in the early 16th century.
Maffeo Olivieri (1584 - 1543/1544) was a medallist and sculptor who made eg. a pair of bronze candelabra for the basilica of San Marco in 1527.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleSebastiano Renieri (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Sebastiano di Jacopo Renier, by Maffeo Olivieri, Italy (Venice), early 16th century
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse the bust to the right of Renieri. Inscription. On the reverse a naked woman standing, in full face, holding a pennon on which is the lion of St. Mark. Inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 7.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SEBASTIANVS RHENERIVS . IACOBI . F . AN . XLVII' (obverse)
  • 'MEMORIAE ORIGI NIS / . VENET' (reverse)
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Pennon
Lion
Di Jacopo Renier, Sebastiano
Summary
This medal depciting Sebastiano di Jacopo Renier is made by Maffeo Olivieri in Venice in the early 16th century.
Maffeo Olivieri (1584 - 1543/1544) was a medallist and sculptor who made eg. a pair of bronze candelabra for the basilica of San Marco in 1527.
Bibliographic references
  • Hill, George Francis. A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance, Before Cellini, Volume I, Text. London: British Museum, 1930, no. 489
  • 'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 31
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.237-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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