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Fabio Mignanelli

Medal
ca. 1551 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

The depicted Fabio Mignanelli (1496-1557), became a Cardinal in 1551.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Sculpture
Christianity
Object type
Medal
TitleFabio Mignanelli (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Fabio Mignanelli, unknown medallist, Italy, ca. 1551
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse bust to right of Mignanelli, wearing the biretta and cardinal's hood. Inscription.
On the reverse a celestial (?) globe floating on the sea, clouds above. Inscription
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FA : MIGNANELLVS . EPS : LVC : BON : C : VIC :' (obverse)
  • 'LACGRIMARV : FLVCTVS . ET . AMORIS' (reverse)
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Subjects depicted
Serpent
Mignanelli, Fabio
Summary
The depicted Fabio Mignanelli (1496-1557), became a Cardinal in 1551.
Bibliographic references
  • '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. 43
  • Pollard, Graham. Italian Renaissance Medals in the Museo Nazionale of Borgello, Vol III. Florence, 1985.. p. 1294-5
  • Hill, Sir George and Pollard, Graham. Medals of the Renaissance, London, 1978, p. 63
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.305-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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