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Giovanna Albizzi Tornabuoni

Possible reproduction of about 1480–1500 original
Place of ManufactureItaly
Medium/TechniqueMetal; cast bronze
DimensionsOverall: 75 mm, 0.1 kg (2 15/16 in., 125 gm)
Credit LineLucy Stone Brewer Fund
Accession number23.209
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "[VX]OR·LAVRENTII·DETORNABONIS·IOANNA·ALBIZA·" ["The wife of Lorenzo Tornbuoni, Giovanna Albizzi"]. Reverse: Inscribed at edge "·VIRGINIS·OS·HABITVM·QVE·GERENSE VIRGINIS·ARMA A·" ["with a maiden's face and mein, and a maiden's weapons"].
ProvenanceBy 1875, C.C. Perkins, Boston; 1909, transferred from C.C. Perkins to Charles B. Perkins, Boston; 1923, sold by Charles B. Perkins to the MFA for $1000 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 5, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 23.202-209 were acquired together for $1000.
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