About the Artwork
Ulisse Musotti, Juris Consult of Bologna
early 16th cntury
Francesco Francia
1450-1517
Italian
Unknown
Lead cast, dark patina
Overall: 1/2 × 2 11/16 inches (1.3 × 6.8 cm)
Medals
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
F69.24
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, on front, around edge: I.D.ANT. FILIVS VlIXES. MVSOTVS. Inscribed, on rear, on pages of open book: ORPHANVM. ET. ADVENAM. NO. DESTITVIT. PUPILIS. ET. VIDVE. FVIT. ADIVTOR.
Provenance
1969-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Armand, A. Les Medailleurs Italiens des quinzieme et seizieme siecles, 3 vols. Paris, 1883, 2: 67, no. 29.
Hill, G.F. A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance before Cellini, London, 1930, ed. G. Pollard, 2nd ed., Florence, 1984, p. 1 56, no. 608.
Vannel, F. and G. Toderi. Medaglie e Placchette del Museo Bardini di Firenze. Florence, 1998, p. 41, no. 30.
Warren, J. "Francesco Francia and the Art of Sculpture in Renaissance Bologna." The Burlington Magazine 141 (1999): pp. 217-218.
Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Boström, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2002, II, cat. 195.
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Francesco Francia, Ulisse Musotti, Juris Consult of Bologna, early 16th cntury, lead cast, dark patina. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, F69.24.
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