Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi
Francesco Francia
ca. 1520 (possibly cast seventeenth century) · Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.) · Robert Lehman Collection
On the obverse is a portrait of Bernardo de’ Rossi (1468 – 1527), bishop of Treviso in 1499 and governor of Bologna from 1519 to 1523. The reverse shows a female figure (Victory or Liberty?) in a chariot drawn by an eagle and a dragon. This old aftercast, possibly from the seventeenth century, is pierced on the top and underside.
- Artist
- Francesco Francia
- Date
- ca. 1520 (possibly cast seventeenth century)
- Medium
- Bronze (Copper alloy with an olive green to brown patina.)
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
