Medal: Sixtus IV, 1471
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1471
Medal in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1280), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Medal: Sixtus IV”. The museum dates it 1471. It is attributed to Lysippus the Younger (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1470–84). The museum records the medium as Silver and the dimensions as Diam. 4 cm, wt. 30.13 g. Subject tags assigned by the museum: Men, Popes. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Diam. 4 cm, wt. 30.13 g
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Medals
- Maker recorded
- Lysippus the Younger
Identification
- Met object id
- 460990
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 1975.1.1280
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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