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Francesco da Sangallo

Medal
1550 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Da Sangallo, Francesco (artist)
Place of origin
Florence (made)

This bronze medal shows the bust / self portrait of the sculptor and architect Francesco Da Sangallo.

Sangallo (1494 – 1576), was the son of Giuliano da Sangallo. He was in 1506 - together with his father and Michelangelo - in Rome when the Laokoon group was discovered. This experience had a great influence on his style, which was quite unique among the other 16th century sculptors. His style incorporated textual realism and emotional expressionism. He was in the 1520s an assistant to Michelangelo, working in the New Sacristy in San Lorenzo, Florence. There he carved the marble friezes of decorative masks. In 1560s he became co-founder of the Accademia del Disegno in Florence.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleFrancesco da Sangallo (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, selfportrait of Franceso Da Sangallo, by Francesco Da Sangallo, Italy, Florence, dated 1550
Physical description
This medal shows on the obverse the bust and self portrait of the sculptor and architect Francesco Da Sangallo and on the reverse a terminal figure caressing a dog.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 6.98cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FRANCESCO DASANGALLO SCVLTORE ET ARCHITETTO FIOREN' (Inscribed on the obverse.)
  • 'M D L' (Inscribed on the obverse.)
  • 'D / V / R' (Inscribed on the reverse, left of figure.)
  • 'A / B / O' (Inscribed on the reverse, right of figure.)
Object history
Bought, 16s. 8d.
Subjects depicted
Figure
Dog
Da Sangallo, Francesco
Summary
This bronze medal shows the bust / self portrait of the sculptor and architect Francesco Da Sangallo.

Sangallo (1494 – 1576), was the son of Giuliano da Sangallo. He was in 1506 - together with his father and Michelangelo - in Rome when the Laokoon group was discovered. This experience had a great influence on his style, which was quite unique among the other 16th century sculptors. His style incorporated textual realism and emotional expressionism. He was in the 1520s an assistant to Michelangelo, working in the New Sacristy in San Lorenzo, Florence. There he carved the marble friezes of decorative masks. In 1560s he became co-founder of the Accademia del Disegno in Florence.
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1861. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 23
  • Scher, Stephen K, The Currency of fame: portrait medals of the Renaissance, New York, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Frick Collection., 1994 pp.175-176
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
7557-1861

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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