Portrait Medal of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese commemorating the Jubilee of 1575 with the Gesù on the Reverse

Giovanni V. Melon (Italian, active ca. 1570-90)

 Portrait Medal of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese commemorating the Jubilee of 1575 with the Gesù on the Reverse

Details

Work Date:
1575
Location:
Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Dimensions:
Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.76 cm)
Medium:
Bronze (copper alloy with a warm brown patina)
Credit Line:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.1290), obverse