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Giovanni Alvise Toscani

Medal
ca. 1475 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lysippus (maker)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

This medal depicts the jurisconsult Giovanni Alvise Toscani (d. 1475) and is made by Lysippus in ca. 1475.
Lysippus was a medalist of the second half of the fifteenth century (active 1470-1484) and a nephew of Cristoforo di Geremia.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleGiovanni Alvise Toscani (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, bust of jurisconsult Giovanni Alvise Toscani, Italy, Rome, ca.1475
Physical description
Medal depictts on the obverse the bust to the left of Toscani in a soft round cap. Inscription. On the reverse an inscription in a laurel wreath.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 7.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'IOHANNES ALOISIVS TVSCANVS ADVOCATVS' (obverse)
  • 'INCERTVM IVRISCONSVLTVS ORATOR AN POETA PRESTANTIOR' (reverse)
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Subjects depicted
Laurel Wreath
Toscani, Giovanni Alvise
Summary
This medal depicts the jurisconsult Giovanni Alvise Toscani (d. 1475) and is made by Lysippus in ca. 1475.
Lysippus was a medalist of the second half of the fifteenth century (active 1470-1484) and a nephew of Cristoforo di Geremia.
Bibliographic references
  • Hill, George Francis. A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance, Before Cellini, Volume I, Text. London: British Museum, 1930, no. 813
  • A guide to the Salting Collection London, 1926
  • '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. 22
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.193-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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