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Borso d' Este

Medal
ca. 1460 (made)
Artist/Maker
Petrecini (medallist)
Place of origin
Florence (made)

This medal depicting Borso d' Este is made by Petrecini, a Florentine medallist, who was working ca. 1460 at Ferrara. Not many medals have been ascribed to him with certainty.
Borso d' Este (1413-1471) was the first Duke of Ferrara, which he ruled until his death.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleBorso d' Este (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Borso d' Este, Duke of Ferrara, by Petrecini, Italy (Florence), ca. 1460
Physical description
This medal depicts on the obverse the bust to the left of Borso, in an embroidered caot, adn wearing a "Biretta a tozzo". Inscription. On the reverse in a hilly landscape, is a hexagonal casket, half open, showing in the insde a ring. Above, teh sun sending down rays. Three of the hills in the background are crowned with castles. Inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BORSIVS . DVX . MVTINE . Z . RGII . MARCHIO . ESTENSIS . RODIGII . Q . COMES' (obverse)
  • 'OPVS . PETRECINI . DE FLORETIA . MCCCCLX' (On the reverse.)
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Subjects depicted
Landscape
Suns
Castles
D'Este, Borso
Summary
This medal depicting Borso d' Este is made by Petrecini, a Florentine medallist, who was working ca. 1460 at Ferrara. Not many medals have been ascribed to him with certainty.
Borso d' Este (1413-1471) was the first Duke of Ferrara, which he ruled until his death.
Bibliographic references
  • Hill, George Francis. A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance, Before Cellini, Volume I, Text. London: British Museum, 1930, no. 96h
  • '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. 20
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.179-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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