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Self-portrait

(Italian (Venice), active 1454–1475, died before 1477)
about 1458
Object PlaceVenice, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; cast bronze (85% copper and 8% tin with 3.7% lead and 2.6% zinc)
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 85 mm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number57.603
On View
On view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge in Greek ["Ioannis Boldù, painter of Venice"]. Reverse: Inscribed at edge "·OPVS·IONS·BOLDV·PICTORIS·VENETVS·XOSRAFI·" and "·M·CCCC·LVIII·".
Provenance1957, Otto Wertheimer, Galerie Les Tourettes, Basel, to the MFA for $1,000. (Accession Date: September 12, 1957)
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