Medal: Giovanni de'Medici delle Bande Nere, Francesco da Sangallo, model 1522 or ca. 1570 (cast 16th century

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Medal: Giovanni de'Medici delle Bande Nere, model 1522 or ca. 1570 (cast 16th century), Lead., Diam. cm, wt. g., Medals, Francesco da Sangallo (Italian, 1494–1576), On the obverse is a portrait of the condottiere Giovanni de’ Medici delle Bande Nere (1498 – 1526), and on the reverse is his impresa of a winged thunderbolt. The medal may date to 1570 on the basis of striking similarities in style and composition with two other Medici medals, representing Gian Giacomo de’ Medici (inscribed 1555 for his year of death) and Cosimo de’ Medici, the son of Giovanni de’ Medici delle Bande Nere (inscribed 1570

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Size: 3190px × 3344px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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