Medal
1560 (dated)
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This bronze medal is made by Pastorino de' Pastorini in Italy, Siena and is dated 1560.
Pastoi
It depicts the bust of Francesco de' Medici, grand Duke of Tuscany. The Medici were a powerful and influential Florentine family, with great influence in Florence from the 14th to the 18th century. There were three Popes among the family and many rulers of Florence, like of example Lorenzo de'Medici or Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492), who was patron of some of the most important artists of the Renaissance.
Francesco de' Medici, was the son of Cosimo de' Medici.
De' Pastorini (b Castelnuovo della Berardenga, c. 1508; d Florence, 6 Dec 1592) was an Italian medallist, glass painter and die engraver. He was one of the most productive medallists of the Italian Renaissance, producing ca. 200 medals. He held several positions, like in the mints of Emilian courts in Ferrara (1554-9), in Bologna (1572), in Novellara (1574) and in Florence (1576). He was also well known and respected as a portraitist in coloured wax. He developed new materials and techniques to represent hair and skin.
Pastoi
It depicts the bust of Francesco de' Medici, grand Duke of Tuscany. The Medici were a powerful and influential Florentine family, with great influence in Florence from the 14th to the 18th century. There were three Popes among the family and many rulers of Florence, like of example Lorenzo de'Medici or Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492), who was patron of some of the most important artists of the Renaissance.
Francesco de' Medici, was the son of Cosimo de' Medici.
De' Pastorini (b Castelnuovo della Berardenga, c. 1508; d Florence, 6 Dec 1592) was an Italian medallist, glass painter and die engraver. He was one of the most productive medallists of the Italian Renaissance, producing ca. 200 medals. He held several positions, like in the mints of Emilian courts in Ferrara (1554-9), in Bologna (1572), in Novellara (1574) and in Florence (1576). He was also well known and respected as a portraitist in coloured wax. He developed new materials and techniques to represent hair and skin.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Medal, bronze, bust of Francesco de' Medici, by Pastorino de' Pastorini, Italy, Siena, dated 1560 |
| Physical description | Medal depicts on the obverse the bust of Francesco de' Medici, grand Duke of Tuscany. No reverse. Inscription. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "FRANCISCVS MEDICES . F . PRINCEP" /
1560 (Inscribed on the obverse) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This bronze medal is made by Pastorino de' Pastorini in Italy, Siena and is dated 1560. Pastoi It depicts the bust of Francesco de' Medici, grand Duke of Tuscany. The Medici were a powerful and influential Florentine family, with great influence in Florence from the 14th to the 18th century. There were three Popes among the family and many rulers of Florence, like of example Lorenzo de'Medici or Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492), who was patron of some of the most important artists of the Renaissance. Francesco de' Medici, was the son of Cosimo de' Medici. De' Pastorini (b Castelnuovo della Berardenga, c. 1508; d Florence, 6 Dec 1592) was an Italian medallist, glass painter and die engraver. He was one of the most productive medallists of the Italian Renaissance, producing ca. 200 medals. He held several positions, like in the mints of Emilian courts in Ferrara (1554-9), in Bologna (1572), in Novellara (1574) and in Florence (1576). He was also well known and respected as a portraitist in coloured wax. He developed new materials and techniques to represent hair and skin. |
| Bibliographic reference | Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1860. 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. 27 |
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| Accession number | 7122-1860 |
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