Medal — Caterina Sforza, Italy, ca. 1490
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1490
Medal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 679-1865), made in Italy, dated ca. 1490, attributed to Lysippus. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, bronze, Caterina Sforza/Fortune, attributed to Lysippus, Italian, ca.
1490. Museum description: This is a bronze medal made in Italy, about 1490, and attributed to Lysippus. The obverse of this medal represents Caterina Sforza, the lady of Forli and Imola. The reverse shows Fortune on a globe. The Sforza family was a ruling family in Milan in the Renaissance from the mid-15th century, following the Visconti family and followed by the Spanish Habsburgs about a century later. The museum records it as Bronze, measuring Diameter 6.35 cm.
These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Historical context
This is a bronze medal made in Italy, about 1490, and attributed to Lysippus. The obverse of this medal represents Caterina Sforza, the lady of Forli and Imola. The reverse shows Fortune on a globe. The Sforza family was a ruling family in Milan in the Renaissance from the mid-15th century, following the Visconti family and followed by the Spanish Habsburgs about a century later.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter 6.35 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bronze
- Maker recorded
- Lysippus
- Place recorded
- Italy
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 679-1865
- Museum system number
- O153836
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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