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Andrea Gritti

Medal
1533 (made)
Artist/Maker
Spinelli, Andreas (medallist)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

This bronze medal depicts the bust of Andreas Gritti who was the Doge of Venice from 1523-38. He is represented wearing ducal robes and crown. On the reverse is an elevation of the church of San Francessco della Vigna.

The medal is made by Andreas Spinelli (d. 1572), in Italy in 1534.


Object details

Category
Coins & Medals
Object type
Medal
TitleAndrea Gritti (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, depicting Doge of Venice Andrea Gritti, by Andrea Spinelli, Italy, Venetian, 1534
Physical description
Medal depicts: Obv.: Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523-1538), wearing ducal robes and crown, in profile to left. Around: ANDREAS. GRITTI. DVX.VENETIAR.ET.C.
Rev.: An elevation of San Francesco della Vigna. Around: DIVI.FRANCISCI.MDXXXIIII. and in the exergue, the initilas of the engraver Andrea Spinelli, AN. SP. F.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.81cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ANDREAS. GRITTI. DVX.VENETIAR.ET.C. (obverse, around)
  • DIVI.FRANCISCI.MDXXXIIII. (reverse, around)
  • AN. SP. F. (in the exergue)
    Translation
    initials of the engraver Andrea Spinelli
Production
Venice
Subjects depicted
Church
Gritti, Andrea
Summary
This bronze medal depicts the bust of Andreas Gritti who was the Doge of Venice from 1523-38. He is represented wearing ducal robes and crown. On the reverse is an elevation of the church of San Francessco della Vigna.

The medal is made by Andreas Spinelli (d. 1572), in Italy in 1534.
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1857. 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. 25.
  • Armand, 1883, I, p. 155, no.4.
  • Hill-Pollard, 1967, p. 77, no. 413
  • Tafuri, 1969, pp. 18-25.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
6018-1857

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Record createdJuly 2, 2008
Record URL
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