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Ludovico Brognolo

Medal
ca. 1495 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This bronze medal depicting the bust of Lodovico Brognolo of Mantua was made by Sperandio in Italy in ca. 1495.
Sperandio Savelli (ca. 1425-after 1504) was a prolific medallist if an inferior imitator of Pisanello. He was born in Mantua but worked mainly in Ferrara. From 1478-1490, however, he worked at Bologna where Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, who had been appointed Papal Legate there in 1471, was resident for long periods and eventually died.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLudovico Brognolo (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, bust of Lodovico Brognolo of Mantua, by Sperandio Savelli (of Mantua), Italy, ca. 1495
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse the bust of Lodovico Brognolo of Mantua and on the reverse the clasped hands holding a rosary, with inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8.25cm
Object history
Bought 1l. 1s in 1863.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This bronze medal depicting the bust of Lodovico Brognolo of Mantua was made by Sperandio in Italy in ca. 1495.
Sperandio Savelli (ca. 1425-after 1504) was a prolific medallist if an inferior imitator of Pisanello. He was born in Mantua but worked mainly in Ferrara. From 1478-1490, however, he worked at Bologna where Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, who had been appointed Papal Legate there in 1471, was resident for long periods and eventually died.
Bibliographic reference
Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1863. 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. 38
Collection
Accession number
7714-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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