Medal: Bust of Gianbattista Orsini

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late 15th–early 16th century · Bronze (Copper alloy with warm brown patina). · Robert Lehman Collection

On the obverse is a portrait of Gianbattista Orsini. On the reverse is a landscape with a unicorn dipping his horn in a fountain, and a cartouche with the Orsini arms hanging on a tree in the background. Orsini was probably the son of Lorenzo Orsini. Still a boy, he was made canon of the Lateran church in Rome and became cardinal-deacon in 1483.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 15th–early 16th century

Medium

Bronze (Copper alloy with warm brown patina).

Culture

Italian, Rome

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975