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Giovanna Albizzi Tornabuoni
Image Not Available for Giovanna Albizzi Tornabuoni

Giovanna Albizzi Tornabuoni

Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli (called Niccolò Fiorentino) (Italian (Florence), 1430–1514)
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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Lorenzo de'Medici
Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli (called Niccolò Fiorentino)
16th century or modern cast
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Gregory XIII
Niccolo de'Bonis
1591
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about 1350–1400
The Betrayal (Cutting from a Gradual or Antiphonary)
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about 1350–1400
The Adoration of the Magi
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about 1510–1550
The Adoration of the Magi
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about 1510–1550
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
about 1510–1550
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
about 1510–1550
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
about 1510–1550
Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
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Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
about 1510–1550
Cloelia Fleeing from the Camp of Porsena
Cloelia Fleeing from the Camp of Porsena
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
Cloelia Fleeing from the Camp of Porsena
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Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino