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Costanzo Sforza

(active 1456–1478)
1475
Place of ManufactureItaly
Medium/TechniqueMetal; cast bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 78 mm, 160 gm (3 1/16 in., 5.64 oz.)
Credit LineGift of Martin Brimmer
Accession number87.83
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge (difficult to read) "CONSTANTIVS·SFORTIA·DE·ARAGONIA·DI·ALEXAN·SFOR·FIL·PISAVRENS·PINCEPS·AETATIS·AN·XXVII". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "INEXPVGNABILE·CASTELLVM·CONSTANTIVM·PISAVRENSE·SALVTI·PVBILICAE·M CCCC LXXV" and "IO·FR·PARMEN ["N" reversed]".
ProvenanceBy 1887, Martin Brimmer; 1887, gift of Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 1, 1887)
Self-portrait
Self-portrait
Giovanni di Pasqnalino Boldù
about 1458
Mehmed II
Bertoldo di Giovanni
about 1480
Leonello d'Este
Leonello d'Este
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1440–50
Christ and Saint Paul
Christ and Saint Paul
about 1492–1500
Francesco IV Gonzaga
Francesco IV Gonzaga
J. B. Keller
1654
Group shot: 23.206-7
Isotta degli Atti
Matteo de' Pasti
about 1450
Louis XII and Anne of Brittany
Jean Perreal
1499
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
Jean Warin
1630
Gianfrancesco Gonzaga I
Gianfrancesco Gonzaga I
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
1439–44 or later cast
Giovanni di Lorenzo de'Medici
16th century or modern cast
Medal: unidentified sitter
16th century or modern cast
Fra Cesario Contughi
Sperandio of Mantua
about 1467