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Object Type
Museum number: G3,IP.329
Description: Cast Lead Medal. (whole); Bust of Ferdinando Francesco d'Avalos facing right, bearded, wearing an ornamented cuirass, the Order of the Golden Fleece, a buckled strap across is right shoulder, and a mantle. Beaded border. (obverse); D'Avalos as Hercules, nude but for a lion skin, his left foot planted on a recumbent dragon, reaching out with his right hand to pluck the apples of the Hesperides from a tree. His club rests on the dragon. In the background, a landscape with a town, harbour and setting sun. Beaded border. (reverse)
Producer name: Designed by: Annibale Fontana; Modelled by: Annibale Fontana
Production date: 16thC
Production place: Made in: Lombardy
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Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 70 millimetres; Weight: 118.95 grammes
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; ruler; landscape; dragon; tree/bush
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Ferdinando Francesco I d' Avalos; Representation of: Herakles/Hercules; Representation of: Hesperides
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Previous owner
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G3,IP.329
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Attwood 125a

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