Medal: Self-portrait, model ca. 1566 or 1571 (cast 18th or 19th century)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
model ca. 1566 or 1571 (cast 18th or 19th century)
Medal in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1313), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Medal: Self-portrait”. The museum dates it model ca. 1566 or 1571 (cast 18th or 19th century). It is attributed to Alfonso Ruspagiari (Italian, Reggio Emilia 1521–1576 Reggio Emilia). The museum records the medium as Bronze (Copper alloy with chocolate brown patina). and the dimensions as Diam. 7.8 cm, wt. 119.31 g.. Subject tags assigned by the museum: Men, Self-portraits. 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze (Copper alloy with chocolate brown patina).
- Dimensions
- Diam. 7.8 cm, wt. 119.31 g.
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Medals
- Maker recorded
- Alfonso Ruspagiari
Identification
- Met object id
- 460858
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 1975.1.1313
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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