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Tommaso Rangoni

Medal
ca. 1560 (made)
Artist/Maker
Della Fede, Matteo Pagano (medallist)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

This medal depicts the bust of Tommaso Rangoni of Ravenna and is made by Matteo Pagano della Fede.
The reverse of the medal usually reflects some aspect of the sitter's life or interests and here probably refers to Rangone's own adoption.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
Titles
  • Tommaso Rangoni (generic title)
  • Creation of the Milky Way (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Tommaso Rangoni, by Matteo Pagano della Fede, Italy (Venice), ca. 1560
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse bust to the right of Rangoni, bearded. Inscription. On the reverse Jupiter in the form of an eagle places the child Hercules on the breast of a naked woman - Juno - who reclines facing left, surrounded by a circle of stars. Below is the Milky Way and three lily plants, which were changed by Juno's milk from purple to white. Inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'THOMAS . PHILOLOGVS . RAVENNAS' (obverse)
  • 'A . LOVE . ET . SORORE . GENITA' (reverse)
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
The reverse of the medal usually reflects some aspect of the sitter's life or interests and here probably refers to Rangone's own adoption.
Production
formerly ascribed to Alessandro Vittoria
Subjects depicted
Eagle
Child
Women
Stars
Flowers
Birds
Rangoni, Tommaso (Of Ravenna)
Summary
This medal depicts the bust of Tommaso Rangoni of Ravenna and is made by Matteo Pagano della Fede.
The reverse of the medal usually reflects some aspect of the sitter's life or interests and here probably refers to Rangone's own adoption.
Bibliographic references
  • Avery, Victoria. The Early Works of Alessandro Vittoria (c. 1540- c. 1570), II, Phd dissertation (unpublished), University of Cambridge, 1996, pp. 624-5
  • '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. 33
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.247-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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