Medal: Bust of Gianfrancesco Boniperti

Pastorino de Pastorini

model ca. 1550 (contemporary cast) · Bronze (Copper alloy with reddish brown patina over a yellowish patina). · Robert Lehman Collection

Pastorino de Pastorini was an Italian medallist, glass painter and die engraver. One of the most prolific Italian medallists, he produced around 200 medals. He was active in Ferrara, Bologna, Novellara, and Florence. On the obverse is a portrait of Gianfrancesco Boniperti (dates unknown); the reverse portrays an apple on a branch, which may have been his personal emblem.

Artist

Pastorino de Pastorini

Date

model ca. 1550 (contemporary cast)

Medium

Bronze (Copper alloy with reddish brown patina over a yellowish patina).

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975