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Marco Benavides

about 1568
Object PlaceVenice or Padua, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number68.753
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "M·MANTVA BENAVIDIVS PAT·I·C·ET COMES". Reverse: Inscribed across field "FESSVS LAMPADA TRADO" (Old and resigned I hand down the torch).
ProvenanceBy 1968, Jean-Georges Rueff, Paris, France; 1968, sold by Jean-Georges Rueff, c/o M. Knoedler and Company, New York, New York, to the MFA. (Accession date: December 11, 1968)
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