Plaquette
ca. 1500 (made)
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This bronze plaquette representing Pompey the Great was probably made in Italy, in about 1500. This has only the obverse.
Object details
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| Brief description | Plaquette, Pompey the Great; Bronze Italian ca. 1500. |
| Physical description | Plaquette in bronze, head of Pompey the Great. The hair is short and curled, tied with a fillet. On the right is the name PONPEO. There is a narrow cable-pattern border. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "PONPEO" |
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| Summary | This bronze plaquette representing Pompey the Great was probably made in Italy, in about 1500. This has only the obverse. |
| Bibliographic reference | Cf. Bange, E. F. ed. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der Christlichen Epoche. Dritte Auflage. Zweiter Band. Die Italienischen Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock. Zweiter Teil: Reliefs und Plaketten. Berlin und Leipzig, 1922. no. 177. p. 24. pl. 21. |
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| Accession number | A.9-1927 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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