Medal: Bust of Marco Sicco
Antonio Abondio was an Italian medallist, who active in Italy and later for the imperial courts in Vienna and Prague. On the obverse is a portrait of Marco Sicco, who may possibly be identified as a Milanese statesman, and on the reverse is his coat of arms. Note that the E from AET is missing. The work is probably a seventeenth-century aftercast.
Artwork Details
- Title: Medal: Bust of Marco Sicco
- Artist: Antonio Abondio (Italian, Trento 1538–1591 Vienna)
- Date: model ca. 1560 (probably cast 17th century)
- Medium: Bronze (copper alloy with dark brown patina over warm brown patina.)
- Dimensions: Diam. 4.5 cm, wt. 36.21 g.
- Classification: Medals
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1260
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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