Milanese_15th_Century,_Beatrice_d'Este,_1475-1497,_Wife_of_Lodovico_Maria_Sforza_1491_(reverse),_1497,_NGA_45472.jpg


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Beatrice d'Este, 1475-1497, Wife of Lodovico Maria Sforza 1491 [reverse] ( Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL) Create new Wikidata item based on this file )
Artist
Milanese 15th Century
Title
Beatrice d'Este, 1475-1497, Wife of Lodovico Maria Sforza 1491 [reverse]
Description
Si tratta della prova in bronzo per il testone (tipo di moneta) che Ludovico fece coniare nel 1497 con l'effige propria da un lato e della moglie Beatrice dall'altro, subito dopo la di lei scomparsa; [1] uno dei primi esempi di monetazione di questo tipo, testimonianza di grande amore e ammirazione nei confronti della consorte. [2]
Date 1497
date QS:P571,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium copper//Proof for a testoon
Dimensions

overall (diameter): 2.24 cm (7/8 in.) gross weight: 10.54 gr (0.023 lb.)

axis: 9:00
institution QS:P195,Q214867
Accession number
1957.14.1250.b
Credit line Samuel H. Kress Collection
Source/Photographer

https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/45472

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Note

  1. Francesco Malaguzzi Valeri, La corte di Lodovico il Moro: gli artisti Lombardi, vol. 2, Hoepli, 1917, pp. 357-361.
  2. http://www.piazzascala.altervista.org/pagineinterne/mercatino/documentistorici/comitcimeli/html/mazzottazecca/zeccamilano.htm

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