Marcantonio Trevisan

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Italy (made)

This is a bronze medal made in Italy (Venice) and dated 1554. The obverse of this medal represents Marcantonio Trevisan, the Doge of Venice (1553-1554), and the reverse shows a wreath with inscription. Not a lot is known about Marcantonio Trevisan, whose reign was short.

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Categories	Coins & Medals Royalty Portraits
Object type	Medal
Title	Marcantonio Trevisan (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Bronze Bronze
Brief description	Medal, bronze, Marcantonio Trevisan / wreath with inscription, Italian (Venice), dated 1554
Dimensions	Diameter: 6.35cm
Object history	Bought from the Soulages Collection in 1865.
Subject depicted	Trevisan, Marcantonio
Summary	This is a bronze medal made in Italy (Venice) and dated 1554. The obverse of this medal represents Marcantonio Trevisan, the Doge of Venice (1553-1554), and the reverse shows a wreath with inscription. Not a lot is known about Marcantonio Trevisan, whose reign was short.
Bibliographic references	Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1865. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 39 Robinson, John Charles. Catalogue of the Soulages Collection. London: Chapman & Hall, 1856, p. 146
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	691-1865

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Record created	May 6, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O154086/marcantonio-trevisan-medal-unknown/

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